[h]→[s]Certainty: 3/5Commonality: 1/5
Voiceless glottal fricative to Voiceless alveolar fricative
The fortition of a glottal fricative /h/ into a voiceless alveolar sibilant /s/, a rare process of strengthening that restores a specific oral place of articulation.
Phonetic Effects
Fortition, Sibilantization
Language Examples
Reconstructed/Dialectal Various
/h/→[s]— Occasional fortition in specific phonetic environments or hypercorrection.
Related Transformations
More Fortition Shifts
Sources & References
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