[θ]→[p]Certainty: 3/5Commonality: 2/5

Child Language Creole Labialization Stopping Germanic

Voiceless dental fricative to Voiceless bilabial plosive

The substitution of the voiceless dental fricative [θ] with the voiceless bilabial stop [p] is a form of labialization and stopping, primarily observed in child language acquisition and specific creole varieties.

Phonetic Effects

Labialization, Stopping, Substitution

Language Examples

Child English Germanic

three [θriː]→[priː]— Common substitution in early language development where the complex dental fricative is replaced by a simpler bilabial stop.

thank you [ˈθæŋkjuː]→[ˈpæŋkjuː]— Substitution of the dental fricative with a bilabial stop.

Atlantic Creoles Creole

three [θriː]→[priː]— Occurs in some varieties where speakers over-compensate for the labial nature of the following rhotic or substitute peripheral consonants.

Related Transformations

Reverse Th-fronting Th-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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