[v]→[h]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 2/5
Voiced labiodental fricative to Voiceless glottal fricative
The debuccalization of the voiced labiodental fricative [v] into the glottal fricative [h] is a documented form of lenition, typically occurring through intermediate bilabial or approximant stages in specific phonetic environments.
Phonetic Effects
Debuccalization, Lenition, Weakening
Language Examples
[v]→[h]— Alternation in specific suffixes and phonetic environments where the voiced fricative weakens to a glottal fricative.
Intervocalic [β/v]→[h]— Extreme lenition in colloquial dialects where voiced fricatives/approximants are debuccalized before potential elision.
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