[pʲ]→[ɸ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5
Palatalized voiceless bilabial plosive to Voiceless bilabial fricative
The spirantization of a palatalized bilabial stop [pʲ] into a bilabial fricative [ɸ] is a key stage in the historical development of the Japonic consonant system.
Phonetic Effects
Language Examples
pʲ→ɸ— The shift from p > ɸ > h in Japanese history. Palatalized variants followed this trajectory during the development of Modern Japanese.
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