[ʔ]→[e]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 4/5
Glottal stop to Close-mid front unrounded vowel
In historical linguistics, a glottal stop or 'laryngeal' consonant is often seen as neutral, leaving adjacent vowels in their base state (typically [e]) while the consonant itself is lost.
Phonetic Effects
Vowel Coloring, Laryngeal Theory, Elision
Language Examples
*h₁ (Laryngeal)→e— Reconstructed laryngeal (possibly [ʔ]) that preserves [e] quality.
Related Transformations
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