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lenition mixes the
opening and
sonorization pathways. For example, [kʰ] may
spirantize or open to [x], then
voice or
sonorize to [ɣ].
Lenition can be seen in...
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letters can be
spirantized varies from
dialect to
dialect as some
dialects have lost the
ability for
certain letters to be
spirantized. For
native words...
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vowel and not geminated. The name is also
given to
similar cases of
spirantization of post-vocalic
plosives in
other languages; for instance, in the Berber...
- /sˤː/, /ʃː/, /ʃˤː/, /tː/, /tˤː/, /χː/, /zː/, /zˤː/, /ʒː/ and /ʕː/.
Spirantized consonants have long
stops as
their geminate counterparts, e.g. yezḏeɣ...
- /ʒ/, ş = /ʃ/, ç = /tʃ/, c = /dʒ/, k = /c~k/, g = /ɟ/, q = /g/ (often
spirantized as [x] in codas), ğ = /ɣ/, y = /j/, ə = /æ/, ö = /œ/, ü = /y/, ı = /ɯ/...
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rarely */i/ > /ɛ̆/) may
still occur,
especially after stops (or
their spirantized counterparts) and /sʼ ʃ/ (e.g. דֳּמִי /dɔ̆ˈmi/).
Samaritan and Qumran...
- but
later with d, t, ṭ, s, and ʿ. (Also note that due to
begadkefat spirantization,
which occurred after this merger, OAm. t > ṯ and d > ḏ in some positions...
- word ഫലം /falam/. In the
Jesari dialect the
native word-initial /p/ too
spirantized to [f]. /m, n, ɳ, l, ɭ/ are
unreleased word finally.
Words will never...
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approximant [j]. In a
second palatalization, the /k/ was
affricated to [tʃ] or
spirantized to [ʃ].
Vulgar Latin clāmāre "to call" >
Aromanian cl'imari /kʎimari/...
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Pharyngealization Non-pharyngealized vs.
pharyngealized consonants Spirantization Stops vs.
fricatives (
spirantized consonants) ****ibilation t vs. ț Labialization...
