[h]→[ʕ]Certainty: 3/5Commonality: 2/5
Voiceless glottal fricative to Voiced pharyngeal fricative
The transition from a glottal fricative [h] to a voiced pharyngeal fricative [ʕ] represents a form of guttural strengthening and voicing, typically observed in the historical development of Semitic languages.
Phonetic Effects
Strengthening, Pharyngealization, Voicing
Language Examples
[h]→[ʕ]— Guttural realignment in some Arabic and Hebrew dialects.
Related Transformations
More Semitic Shifts
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