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Italic Lenition Debuccalization Consonant Shift Indo-European

Voiced aspirated velar plosive to Voiceless glottal fricative

The transformation of a voiced aspirated velar plosive /gʱ/ into a voiceless glottal fricative /h/ is a well-documented phonetic shift, typically occurring through a process known as debuccalization. This involves the loss of the original place of articulation (velar), a reduction in the manner of articulation from a plosive to a fricative, and a change in phonation from voiced to voiceless. This type of lenition is a common sound change across various language families.

Phonetic Effects

Debuccalization, Lenition, Devoicing, Glottalization

Language Examples

Latin Italic

*gʰóstis→hostis— Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis to Latin hostis 'stranger, enemy'.

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Lenition Shifts

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

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