[h]→[a]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 4/5

Vocalization Vowel Coloring Laryngeal Theory Indo-European

Voiceless glottal fricative to Open front unrounded vowel

Vocalization of the glottal fricative [h] into an open vowel [a] is a documented process in historical linguistics, often associated with the loss of laryngeals and subsequent vowel coloring.

Phonetic Effects

Vocalization, Vowel Coloring, Lenition

Language Examples

Proto-Indo-European Indo-European

*h₂ (as fricative [h] or [ħ])→a— The coloring of adjacent vowels and subsequent vocalization into [a].

Related Transformations

Reverse Neutral coloring

More Vocalization Shifts

[ʕ] → [a] — Vocalization [d] → [dʑ] — Palatalization [e] → [o] — Backing [∅] → [ã] — Compensatory Nasalization [∅] → [ẽ] — Compensatory Nasalization

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