[ɢ]→[ɾ]Certainty: 3/5Commonality: 1/5

Voiced uvular plosive to Voiced alveolar flap

The transformation from a voiced uvular stop to an alveolar flap is a rare example of lenition followed by fronting, typically involving an intermediate uvular fricative stage as seen in some Tibetic and Totonac languages.

Phonetic Effects

Lenition, Fronting, Rhotacism

Language Examples

Tibetic Languages Sino-Tibetan

ɢ→r/ɾ— Reconstructed historical shift where uvular stops weakened and fronted into rhotic liquids in certain lects.

Filomeno Mata Totonac Totonacan

ɢ→ɾ— Exists in a state of allophonic variation or free interchange in specific environments.

Related Transformations

Reverse Spirantization Rhotacism

More Lenition Shifts

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

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