[r]→[ɾ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 5/5
Alveolar trill to Voiced alveolar flap
The transformation from an alveolar trill to an alveolar flap is one of the most common processes of lenition or reduction in rhotic systems, simplifying multiple rapid contacts into a single tap.
Phonetic Effects
Lenition, Reduction, Simplification
Language Examples
r [in mar]→ɾ— While phonemically distinct in some positions, the trill often reduces to a tap in syllable coda or unstressed positions.
r [short]→ɾ— Historical development where the Latin short trill became the Spanish tap.
Related Transformations
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