[ɣ]→[g]Certainty: 2/5Commonality: 1/5
Voiced velar fricative to Voiced velar plosive
Fortition of the velar fricative [ɣ] to the voiced velar plosive [g] is a phonological process where a continuant strengthens to an obstruent. This process occurs both diachronically in language change and synchronically in certain phonological environments, representing a reversal of the typical lenition pathway.
Phonetic Effects
Language Examples
[ɣ]→[g]— Fortition of intervocalic fricatives in word-initial and post-consonantal positions during early Germanic evolution.
[ɣ]→[g]— Strengthening of velar fricatives in certain dialects and in borrowing contexts, particularly before stressed vowels.
[ɣ]→[g]— Historical and dialectal fortition in word-initial position and post-consonantally in some Dutch varieties.
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