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Backing Voiced Germanic Afro-Asiatic

Voiced velar fricative to Voiced uvular fricative

Backing of the voiced velar fricative [ɣ] to the voiced uvular fricative [ʁ] is a common process in languages with a back-oriented consonant system.

Phonetic Effects

Backing

Language Examples

[ɣ]→[ʁ]— In some Dutch dialects, the voiced velar fricative is backed to a uvular position.

Arabic Afro-Asiatic

Historical [ɣ]→[ʁ]— Historical developments in Arabic and its dialects show shifts between velar and uvular voiced fricatives.

Related Transformations

More Backing Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ʔ] — Glottalization [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction

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