[r]→[d]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5
Alveolar trill to Voiced alveolar plosive
The fortition of a rhotic trill or tap to a stop is a sound change where the vibrating or momentary contact is replaced by a full closure. This is often observed in intervocalic positions in specific language families.
Phonetic Effects
Language Examples
[r]→[d]— Intervocalic alveolar trill shifts to a stop in several Oceanic dialects.
[r]→[d]— Unattested: Evidence suggests lenition of [d] to [r] in some Sicilian dialects, and other rhotic changes, but not fortition of [r] to [d].
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