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Lenition Backing Uvularization Tibeto-Burman Uto-Aztecan Afro-Asiatic

Voiced velar plosive to Voiced uvular fricative

The transformation of the voiced velar plosive /g/ into the voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/ is a documented phonetic shift involving both a change in manner of articulation (lenition) and a retraction of the place of articulation (uvularization). This process often occurs in specific phonetic environments, such as before back vowels, or as a regular sound change within a language's historical development.

Phonetic Effects

Lenition, Backing, Uvularization

Language Examples

Amdo Tibetan Tibeto-Burman

g→ʁ— Regular sound change from /g/ to uvular fricatives in Amdo lects.

Gyalrongic languages Tibeto-Burman

g→ʁ— Regular sound change from /g/ to uvular fricatives.

Southern Ute Uto-Aztecan

/g/→[ʁ]— Attested backing of /g/ to [ʁ] as in [øɑpoʁotʃi] from <ʔǫą-poĝó-ci>.

Moroccan Arabic Afro-Asiatic

g→ʁ— Shift from /g/ to /ʁ/ is documented.

Related Transformations

More Backing Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [a] → [∅] — Elision [b] → [v] — Spirantization [tɕ] → [ʃ] — De-affrication [tɕ] → [ɕ] — Lenition

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