[ɛ]→[h]Certainty: 2/5Commonality: 1/5
Open-mid front unrounded vowel to Voiceless glottal fricative
The shift from [ɛ] to [h] is a result of extreme vowel reduction and devoicing. In rapid or whispered speech, the oral articulation features are lost, leaving only the glottal friction trace.
Phonetic Effects
Devoicing, Debuccalization
Language Examples
[ɛ] (unstressed, rapid speech)→[h]— In highly unstressed positions in rapid or whispered Modern Greek, open-mid vowels can reduce to breathy/glottal fricative. Specific lexical examples not provided; flagged as poorly documented.
Related Transformations
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