[ð]→[h]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 2/5
Voiced dental fricative to Voiceless glottal fricative
The shift from the voiced dental fricative [ð] to the glottal fricative [h] is a form of debuccalization. It represents an extreme stage of lenition where the oral dental constriction is abandoned, leaving only the glottal friction. This is documented as a transitional stage in heavily leniting Romance dialects.
Phonetic Effects
Debuccalization, Lenition, Aspiration
Language Examples
todo [ð] (all)→[ˈtoho]— Intervocalic lenition where the dental fricative weakens to a glottal aspiration.
dedo→[ˈdeho]
Related Transformations
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