[h]→[r]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 3/5
Voiceless glottal fricative to Alveolar trill
The rhotacism of [h] into a rhotic consonant [r] is a process of strengthening or fortition, where a glottal sound acquires a buccal place of articulation and increased resonance.
Language Examples
[h] (Visarga)→[r]— Sandhi alternation where the glottal fricative shifts to a rhotic before voiced sounds.
Related Transformations
More Indo-Aryan Shifts
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