[n]→[ɽ]Certainty: 3/5Commonality: 2/5

Retroflexion Flapping Denasalization Indo-Aryan Germanic

Alveolar nasal to Voiced retroflex flap

The transformation from a voiced alveolar nasal [n] to a voiced retroflex flap [ɽ]. This complex shift involves both retroflexion and denasalization, typically found in Indo-Aryan and some Scandinavian dialects.

Phonetic Effects

Retroflexion, Flapping, Denasalization

Language Examples

Hindi Indo-Aryan

[n]→[ɽ]— Intervocalic nasals in some dialects weaken to retroflex flaps via an intermediate [ɳ] stage.

Swedish Germanic

/rn/→[ɽ]— In some 'thick L' dialects, the /rn/ cluster can be realized as a retroflex flap rather than a nasal.

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Germanic Shifts

[a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ʔ] — Glottalization [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [ai] → [e] — Monophthongization

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