[pʰ]→[b]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 4/5
Voiceless aspirated bilabial plosive to Voiced bilabial plosive
The transformation from a voiceless aspirated bilabial plosive (pʰ) to a voiced bilabial plosive (b) is a common type of lenition, a sound change that involves the weakening of consonants. This shift typically involves two stages: first, the loss of aspiration (deaspiration), followed by the voicing of the stop. This process can occur in various phonetic environments, often intervocalically or in specific morphological contexts.
Phonetic Effects
Deaspiration, Voicing, Lenition
Language Examples
Φίλιππος (Phílippos)→Βίλιππος (Bílippos)— The Attic Greek voiceless aspirated bilabial plosive /pʰ/ (represented by φ) corresponds to a voiced bilabial plosive /b/ (represented by β) in Ancient Macedonian.
*ph→*b— Ancient Macedonian rendered Greek aspirates *ph, th, kh as voiced stops *b, d, g.
Related Transformations
More Lenition Shifts
Sources & References
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