[ŋ]→[y]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5
Velar nasal to Close front rounded vowel
The reduction of the velar nasal [ŋ] to the palatal glide [j] (here represented by 'y') is a form of lenition and fronting. The consonant loses its nasal and velar characteristics, becoming a simple approximant.
Phonetic Effects
Reduction
Language Examples
Related Transformations
More Reduction Shifts
Spotted a mistake or have a better example?
EchoDrift is community-driven. You can suggest a change directly through GitHub.
Propose an Edit on GitHub