The Universal Atlas of Phonetic Evolution
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[ʔ]→[t]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 2/5

Glottal stop to Voiceless alveolar plosive

Hardening a glottal stop into an alveolar stop [t] is a process of re-buccalization or fortition, restoring a specific oral place of articulation to a laryngeal sound.

Phonetic Effects

Fortition, Re-buccalization

Language Examples

[ʔ]→[t]— Hypercorrection or emphatic speech where glottalized stops are 'hardened' back to alveolar stops.

Related Transformations

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