[kʰ]→[q]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5
Voiceless aspirated velar plosive to Voiceless uvular plosive
The retraction of [kʰ] to [q] is a phonetic shift where a voiceless aspirated velar stop moves back to a uvular position. This often occurs in the environment of back vowels or as a systemic shift in languages with uvular phonemes.
Phonetic Effects
Retraction, Backing
Language Examples
[kʰ]→[q]— Historical retraction of velars in specific back-vowel environments in some dialects.
Related Transformations
More Velar Shifts
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