The Universal Atlas of Phonetic Evolution
Back to Matrix [∅] → [g] Edit this Data

[g]→[∅]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5

Voiced velar plosive to Empty sound / Zero

Deletion of [g] is the final stage of lenition, common in the transition from Latin to Romance languages and in the historical phonology of English.

Phonetic Effects

Deletion, Elision, Lenition

Language Examples

ego (Latin)→yo— intervocalic loss
fugol [fuɣol]→fowl— intervocalic loss in Middle English
gnaw→naw— initial cluster reduction

Related Transformations

More Romance Shifts

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