[ʔ]→[m]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 1/5
Glottal stop to Bilabial nasal
The phonetic transformation from a glottal stop (a voiceless glottal plosive) to a bilabial nasal (a voiced bilabial nasal) involves significant changes in both the place and manner of articulation. This shift is not a common or straightforward sound change, as it requires the loss of glottal articulation and the acquisition of bilabial closure and nasal airflow. However, historical linguistic research has documented instances of such a weakening in specific language contexts.
Phonetic Effects
Language Examples
ʔ→m— Weakening of an initial hamza (glottal stop) to M or /y/ in the Hudhail and Taghlib dialects of Old Arabic.
Related Transformations
More Nasalization Shifts
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