[tɬ]→[t]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5
Voiceless alveolar lateral affricate to Voiceless alveolar plosive
Deaffrication. The lateral affricate [tɬ] simplifies to a simple alveolar stop [t], losing its lateral release. This often occurs during loanword adaptation in languages that lack lateral affricates, or as a dialectal simplification.
Phonetic Effects
Deaffrication
Language Examples
Various N/A
tɬ→t— Commonly seen in loanword adaptation or dialectal simplification in languages without lateral affricates.
Related Transformations
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