[ð]→[t]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 2/5

Voiced dental fricative to Voiceless alveolar plosive

The transformation of a voiced dental fricative into a voiceless dental stop involves two processes: stopping (fortition) and devoicing. This is frequently observed in language acquisition and specific dialectal variations.

Phonetic Effects

Stopping, Fortition, Devoicing

Language Examples

English (Caribbean) Germanic

that→[tæt]— Occurs in certain dialects and rapid speech, often combined with final devoicing

L2 English Learners Various

[ð]→[t]— Common substitution for speakers of languages without interdental fricatives

Related Transformations

Reverse Voiced stopping Voiceless stopping

More Germanic Shifts

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

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