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[p]→[ɸ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5

Spirantization Lenition Japonic

Voiceless bilabial plosive to Voiceless bilabial fricative

The voiceless bilabial plosive [p] weakens to the voiceless bilabial fricative [ɸ] through Spirantization or Lenition.

Phonetic Effects

Spirantization, Lenition

Language Examples

Japanese Japonic

[p]→[ɸ]— Historical weakening in Japanese history (Old Japanese *p > ɸ > h).

Related Transformations

More Lenition Shifts

[a] → [∅] — Elision [b] → [v] — Spirantization [tɕ] → [ʃ] — De-affrication [tɕ] → [ɕ] — Lenition [d] → [∅] — Elision

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