[pʰ]→[∅]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5
Voiceless aspirated bilabial plosive to Empty sound / Zero
The shift from the voiceless aspirated bilabial stop [pʰ] to zero [∅] is a form of elision. This trajectory is often found in the historical development of Indo-European languages where initial stops weakened into [h] before disappearing entirely.
Phonetic Effects
Elision, Lenition
Language Examples
Proto-Indo-European *p→∅— Historical trajectory: *p > pʰ > ɸ > h > ∅ (e.g. PIE *pəter > Old Irish 'athair').
Related Transformations
More Elision Shifts
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