[ɬ]→[ɮ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5
Voiceless alveolar lateral fricative to Voiced alveolar lateral fricative
The shift from the voiceless alveolar lateral fricative [ɬ] to its voiced counterpart [ɮ] is a form of voicing lenition. This typically occurs in intervocalic environments or through grammaticalized consonant mutations.
Phonetic Effects
Voicing, Lenition
Language Examples
ɬ→[ɮ]— Contextual voicing of the lateral fricative in certain positions.
Related Transformations
More Lenition Shifts
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