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[pʲ]→[f]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Palatalized voiceless bilabial plosive to Voiceless labiodental fricative

The shift from 'pʲ' to 'f' represents a complex case of lenition combined with a change in articulation. Palatalized bilabial stops can weaken into labiodental fricatives through intermediate stages involving labialization or palatal frication.

Phonetic Effects

Lenition, Palatalization, Labiodentalization

Language Examples

Proto-Slavic Slavic

pʲ→f— Historical developments where palatalized bilabials weaken to labiodental fricatives in specific contexts or dialectal variations.

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Romance Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [ai] → [e] — Monophthongization

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