[ʎ]→[∅]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5
Voiced palatal lateral approximant to Empty sound / Zero
The voiced palatal lateral approximant /ʎ/ can undergo complete deletion, resulting in a zero sound. This process is a form of lenition, where a consonant is weakened and eventually lost, often in specific phonetic environments such as intervocalic positions.
Phonetic Effects
Lenition, Elision, Deletion, Consonant Loss
Language Examples
[ze.ɾunk.ʎi]→[ze.'ɾun.kij]— Loss of /ʎ/ in the word for 'the knees' (expected form vs. Istro-Romanian form).
/bolˈsiʎo/→/bolˈsio/— Loss of /ʎ/ in 'pocket'.
/faˈmiʎa/→/faˈmia/— Loss of /ʎ/ in 'family'.
Related Transformations
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Sources & References
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