[ɢ]→[g]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5

Uvular Velar Fronting Iranian Sino-Tibetan

Voiced uvular plosive to Voiced velar plosive

The fronting of the voiced uvular plosive [ɢ] to the voiced velar plosive [ɡ] is a shift that moves the point of articulation forward. This transformation often reflects a simplification of the consonant inventory or a systemic move away from uvular sounds toward more common velar ones.

Phonetic Effects

Fronting

Language Examples

Persian Iranian

ɢ→ɡ— Historical voiced uvular sounds have merged with the velar [ɡ] in many modern Persian dialects.

Tibetic (reconstructed) Sino-Tibetan

ɢ→ɡ— Reconstructed historical stages of Tibetic languages often show uvular stops fronting to velar stops.

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Sino-Tibetan Shifts

[b] → [p] — Voice Loss [b] → [v] — Spirantization [tɕ] → [ɕ] — Lenition [d] → [t] — Voice Loss [d] → [ð] — Spirantization

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