[ɡʲ]→[ɾ]Certainty: 3/5Commonality: 1/5
Palatalized voiced velar plosive to Voiced alveolar flap
The transformation from a palatalized voiced velar stop to an alveolar flap is a rare but documented example of extreme lenition and fronting, most notably seen in the evolution of Proto-Austronesian reflexes.
Phonetic Effects
Lenition, Fronting, Sonorization
Language Examples
*j [ɡʲ]→*r [ɾ]— Reconstructed shift where the palatalized velar stop weakens into a rhotic liquid in various daughter languages.
Related Transformations
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