The Universal Atlas of Phonetic Evolution
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[ʃ]→[ɸ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 1/5

Voiceless postalveolar fricative to Voiceless bilabial fricative

Labialization of the voiceless postalveolar fricative [ʃ] into the voiceless bilabial fricative [ɸ].

Phonetic Effects

Labialization

Language Examples

ʃ→ɸ— Historical labialization of coronal fricatives.

Related Transformations

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