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[ɸ]→[b]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Voicing Fortition

Voiceless bilabial fricative to Voiced bilabial plosive

The voiceless bilabial fricative [ɸ] strengthens to the voiced bilabial plosive [b] through Voicing and Fortition.

Phonetic Effects

Voicing, Fortition

Language Examples

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[ɸ]→[b]— Rare dialectal strengthening of fricatives into plosives.

Related Transformations

More Fortition Shifts

[j] → [dʒ] — Fortition [j] → [dʑ] — Fortition [j] → [z] — Fortition [j] → [ʑ] — Fortition [kʰ] → [g] — Deaspiration

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