[ɴ]→[ɾ]Certainty: 3/5Commonality: 1/5

Uvular nasal to Voiced alveolar flap

The transformation from a uvular nasal to an alveolar flap is a documented process of fronting and manner change, most notably observed as allophonic variation in Japanese where the moraic nasal interacts with following liquids.

Phonetic Effects

Fronting, Denasalization, Allophonic Variation

Language Examples

Japanese Japonic

ɴ [moraic N]→ɾ— In rapid speech, the uvular nasal often assimilates or shifts toward the position of a following alveolar flap liquid.

Related Transformations

Reverse Fronting Rhotacism

More Japonic Shifts

[d] → [dʑ] — Palatalization [ɡʱ] → [ʒ] — Palatalization [ɡʲ] → [dz] — Fronting [i] → [∅] — Elision [j] → [z] — Fortition

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