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* * | [[Rhotacism]] is the name for a [[sound change]] that creates a [[rhotic consonant]]. Examples include: | ||
* * | * *l > /r/ (found in [[Indo-Iranian languages]]) | ||
* * | * *n > /r/ (found in [[Albanian]]) | ||
* *ɣ | * *ð > /r/ (found in Ostrobothnian [[Finnish]]) | ||
Rhotacism is | * *z > /r/ (in the history of the [[Italic languages]], [[Germanic languages]], according to some proposals [[Turkic languages]], and several others) | ||
* *ɣ > /r/ (found in Western Daju languages) | |||
Rhotacism is often an unconditional sound change. | |||
A change to a [[flap]] such as /ɾ/ is, however, usually ''not'' called rhotacism, but '''flapping'''. It is also commonly restricted to [[Syllable structure|intervocalic or medial]] positions. Flapping usually affects [[stop]]s such as /d/ (for example [[American English]]), or [[lateral]]s such as /l/ (for example [[Norwegian]]). | A change to a [[flap]] such as /ɾ/ is, however, usually ''not'' called rhotacism, but '''flapping'''. It is also commonly restricted to [[Syllable structure|intervocalic or medial]] positions. Flapping usually affects [[stop]]s such as /d/ (for example [[American English]]), or [[lateral]]s such as /l/ (for example [[Norwegian]]). | ||
==See also== | |||
* [[Lambdacism]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 01:45, 2 December 2014
Rhotacism is the name for a sound change that creates a rhotic consonant. Examples include:
- *l > /r/ (found in Indo-Iranian languages)
- *n > /r/ (found in Albanian)
- *ð > /r/ (found in Ostrobothnian Finnish)
- *z > /r/ (in the history of the Italic languages, Germanic languages, according to some proposals Turkic languages, and several others)
- *ɣ > /r/ (found in Western Daju languages)
Rhotacism is often an unconditional sound change.
A change to a flap such as /ɾ/ is, however, usually not called rhotacism, but flapping. It is also commonly restricted to intervocalic or medial positions. Flapping usually affects stops such as /d/ (for example American English), or laterals such as /l/ (for example Norwegian).
See also
| This article is part of a series on Phonetics and Phonology. Affricate * Allophone * Aspiration * Bilabial consonant * Buccal * Coronal consonant * Dental consonant * Fricative * Heng * Manner of articulation * Obligatory Contour Principle * Palatalization-split * Phoneme * Phoneme hole * Phonological feature * Rhotacism * Spirant * Stop * Syllable structure * Velar consonant * * |
