[ʔ]→[n]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 4/5
Glottal stop to Alveolar nasal
The realization of a glottal stop /ʔ/ as a nasal consonant /n/, typically occurring in the context of a following syllabic nasal or through the nasalization of the glottal closure.
Phonetic Effects
Nasalization, Glottal Release
Language Examples
button [ˈbʌtn̩]→[ˈbʌʔn̩]— T-glottalization + glottal-nasal release: /t/ → [ʔ] before syllabic [n̩], and the [ʔ] is released directly into the nasal. The process is t→ʔ followed by ʔ onset into n, rather than ʔ→n per se.
Related Transformations
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