[r]→[ð]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 5/5

Lenition Fricativization Intervocalic Romance

Alveolar trill to Voiced dental fricative

The transformation from an alveolar trill ([r]) to a voiced dental fricative ([ð]) is a documented phonetic shift, primarily observed as a form of lenition where a trill weakens to a fricative. This change is a notable characteristic of certain dialects, distinguishing them from related languages.

Phonetic Effects

Lenition, Slight Place Assimilation

Language Examples

Jèrriais Romance

serraïe→séthée— Guernesiais 'evening' to Jèrriais 'evening'

barril→bathi— French 'barrel' to Jèrriais 'barrel'

mesurer→m'suther— French 'to measure' to Jèrriais 'to measure'

mère→méthe— French 'mother' to Jèrriais 'mother'

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Romance Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [ai] → [e] — Monophthongization

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