[ɾ]→[n]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5

Nasalization Koreanic Indo-European Albanian

Voiced alveolar flap to Alveolar nasal

The transformation from an alveolar flap to an alveolar nasal is a process of nasalization, where the rhotic acquires nasality from its environment or as part of a historical shift toward more stable sonorant positions.

Phonetic Effects

Nasalization, Assimilation, Sonorization

Language Examples

Korean Koreanic

ɾ→n— Intervocalically or after nasals, the rhotic liquid often shifts to an alveolar nasal (e.g., jong-ro > jong-no).

Albanian Albanian

ɾ [Tosk]→n [Geg]— Dialectal correspondence where Tosk rhotacism is mirrored by Geg's retention or shift toward nasals (e.g., gjuni vs gjuri).

Related Transformations

Rhotacism Lambdacism

More Nasalization Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [d] → [dʑ] — Palatalization [e] → [o] — Backing [ei] → [e] — Monophthongization

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