[ɣ]→[v]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5
Voiced velar fricative to Voiced labiodental fricative
The phonetic transformation from a voiced velar fricative (ɣ) to a voiced labiodental fricative (v) involves a significant shift in the place of articulation, moving the point of constriction from the velum at the back of the mouth to the labiodental region, involving the lower lip and upper teeth. This change is often conditioned by surrounding sounds, particularly rounded vowels, which can facilitate the labialization of the velar fricative.
Phonetic Effects
Place Assimilation, Labialization, Possible Influence of Rounding
Language Examples
ɣu→vu— Shift from ɣ to v before the rounded vowel /u/.
ɣ→v— As part of a historical chain shift, where earlier *k became ɣ, which then further developed into v or was lost.
ïɣ→uv— Shift of ɣ to v in vowel-consonant sequences, influenced by regressive rounding.
aɣ→ov— Shift of ɣ to v in vowel-consonant sequences, influenced by regressive rounding.
More Chain Shift Shifts
Sources & References
- UC Berkeley Linguistics. (2009). Lizu and Proto–Tibeto-Burman.
- Marjanović, D. (2018). Stop voicing across Uralic: some musings.
- NÉMETH, M. (2014b). A Historical Phonology of Western Karaim. Alveolars And Front. Labials in the South-Western Dialect. Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 131, 247–267.
- NÉMETH, M. (2014c). An Early North-Western Karaim Bible Translation from 1720. Part. The Evolution of. Consonant Harmony in The North-Western Dialect. Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 131, 353–369.
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