[ʎ]→[ɽ]Certainty: 1/5Commonality: 1/5
Voiced palatal lateral approximant to Voiced retroflex flap
The palatal lateral approximant [ʎ] shifts to the voiced retroflex flap [ɽ] through retroflexion and manner change, a rare articulatory transformation combining backing toward the retroflex region with change from lateral to flap manner. This occurs as an allophone in specialized phonological environments in South Asian languages.
Phonetic Effects
Retroflexion, Manner Change, Flapping
Language Examples
[ʎ]→[ɽ]— Rare dialect-specific or rapid speech variant
Related Transformations
More Indo-Aryan Shifts
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