[ɳ]→[n]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5
Voiced retroflex nasal to Alveolar nasal
The merger of the retroflex nasal [ɳ] back into the dental nasal [n], often referred to as dentalization. This is a common feature in many modern Indo-Aryan languages where the phonemic distinction between dental and retroflex nasals has been lost.
Phonetic Effects
Dentalization, Merger
Language Examples
ɳ→n— Loss of phonemic distinction in standard Hindi and many dialects.
Related Transformations
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