[ð]→[z]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5
Voiced dental fricative to Voiced alveolar fricative
The shift from 'dh' (ð) to 'z' is the voiced counterpart of sibilantization, turning a voiced dental fricative into a voiced sibilant alveolar fricative.
Phonetic Effects
Sibilantization
Language Examples
Classical /ð/→[z]— Sibilantization of the classical voiced dental fricative.
ð→z— Commonly observed in European speakers of English as a second language.
Related Transformations
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