[t]→[b]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 3/5

Kiranti Trans-Himalayan Tibeto-Burman Voicing Place Assimilation Stop

Voiceless alveolar plosive to Voiced bilabial plosive

The transformation from a voiceless alveolar plosive ([t]) to a voiced bilabial plosive ([b]) is a documented historical sound change, primarily observed in specific language families. This shift involves both a change in voicing (from voiceless to voiced) and a change in the place of articulation (from alveolar to bilabial).

Phonetic Effects

Voicing, Place Assimilation

Language Examples

Kohi Kiranti

*t→b— Proto-Kiranti *t shifted to b. Specific word examples were not provided in the search results, but the sound change is attested.

Thulung Kiranti

*t→b— Proto-Kiranti *t shifted to b. Specific word examples were not provided in the search results, but the sound change is attested.

Tilung Kiranti

*t→b— Proto-Kiranti *t shifted to b. Specific word examples were not provided in the search results, but the sound change is attested.

More Voicing Shifts

[kʰ] → [g] — Deaspiration [k] → [g] — Voicing [k] → [ɣ] — Lenition [p] → [b] — Voicing [q] → [dz] — Fronting

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