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[ɴ]→[m]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 5/5

Uvular nasal to Bilabial nasal

The transformation from the uvular nasal /ɴ/ to the bilabial nasal [m] is a result of place assimilation. When the moraic nasal is followed by a bilabial sound, the point of articulation shifts to match the following consonant.

Phonetic Effects

Assimilation

Language Examples

/ɴ/→[m]— Moraic nasal (ん) before labials like /p, b, m/.

Related Transformations

More Allophony Shifts

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