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[g]→[t]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5

Devoicing Fronting Developmental Germanic

Voiced velar plosive to Voiceless alveolar plosive

The shift from [g] to [t] involves both devoicing and fronting, common in early child speech and specific phonological disorders.

Phonetic Effects

Devoicing, Fronting

Language Examples

Child Speech (English) Germanic

pig→pit— devoicing and fronting

big→bit— devoicing and fronting

Related Transformations

More Germanic Shifts

[a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ʔ] — Glottalization [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [æ] → [ɛ] — Vowel Raising

Sources & References

Ladefoged, P. & Johnson, K. (2015). A Course in Phonetics (7th ed.). Cengage Learning.

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