[ɾ]→[h]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5
Voiced alveolar flap to Voiceless glottal fricative
The transformation from an alveolar flap to a voiceless glottal fricative is a form of debuccalization, where the oral articulation of the rhotic is lost, leaving only a glottal breath.
Phonetic Effects
Debuccalization, Lenition, Rhoticization
Language Examples
ɾ [in coda]→h— Coda rhotics are frequently debuccalized in dialects like Puerto Rican or Cuban (e.g., 'porque' > 'pohke').
r/ɾ [strong R]→h— The historical alveolar trill/flap has debuccalized to [h] or [x] in many positions.
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