[ɾ]→[ʈ]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 2/5

Voiced alveolar flap to Voiceless retroflex stop

The transformation from an alveolar flap to a voiceless retroflex stop is a process of fortition and retroflexion, typically occurring when a rhotic merges with a following dental or alveolar consonant.

Phonetic Effects

Fortition, Retroflexion, Devoicing

Language Examples

Eastern Norwegian Germanic

ɾ + t→ʈ— In various dialects, the alveolar flap triggers retroflexion in following alveolar stops, merging into a single retroflex stop.

Bayot Atlantic

ɾ̥→ʈ— Exhibits variation between voiceless rhotics/flaps and voiceless retroflex stops.

Related Transformations

Reverse Retroflexion Fortition

More Germanic Shifts

[a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ʔ] — Glottalization [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [æ] → [ɛ] — Vowel Raising

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