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Elision L-dropping Germanic

Alveolar lateral approximant to Empty sound / Zero

The loss or elision of the lateral consonant /l/, often in syllable-final position or in specific clusters.

Phonetic Effects

Elision, L-dropping

Language Examples

English Germanic

walk→[wɔːk]— Historical loss of /l/ before /k/.

half→[hɑːf]— Historical loss of /l/ before /f/.

Related Transformations

Reverse Epenthesis

More Germanic Shifts

[a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ʔ] — Glottalization [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [æ] → [ɛ] — Vowel Raising

Sources & References

Jespersen, O. (1909). A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles.

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