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[kʟ]→[l]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Lenition Lateralization

Voiceless velar lateral affricate to Alveolar lateral approximant

Simplification of a velar lateral affricate by losing the dorsal stop component, resulting in a lateral liquid.

Phonetic Effects

Lenition, Lateralization

Language Examples

North American languages various

[kʟ]→[l]— Lenition where the dorsal closure is lost, leaving only the lateral release.

Related Transformations

More Lenition Shifts

[a] → [∅] — Elision [b] → [v] — Spirantization [tɕ] → [ʃ] — De-affrication [tɕ] → [ɕ] — Lenition [d] → [∅] — Elision

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