[q]→[∅]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5
Voiceless uvular plosive to Empty sound / Zero
The voiceless uvular stop [q] is a peripheral sound prone to weakening or complete elision, particularly in unstressed syllables or word-final positions.
Phonetic Effects
Elision, Lenition, Uvular Weakening
Language Examples
historical [q]→∅ / glottal stop— In many modern Arabic dialects, the historical uvular stop is weakened to a glottal stop or lost entirely in certain contexts.
Related Transformations
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