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* *l → /r/ (found in [[Indo-Iranian languages]]) | * *l → /r/ (found in [[Indo-Iranian languages]]) | ||
* *n → /r/ (found in [[Albanian]]) | * *n → /r/ (found in [[Albanian]]) | ||
* *ð → /r/ (Ostrobothnian [[Finnish]] | * *ð → /r/ (found in Ostrobothnian [[Finnish]]) | ||
* *ɣ → /r/ | * *ɣ → /r/ | ||
Rhotacism is commonly an unconditional sound change. | Rhotacism is commonly an unconditional sound change. | ||
Revision as of 23:54, 30 July 2009
Rhotacism is the name for a sound change that creates a rhotic consonant. Examples include:
- *z → /r/ (in the history of the Italic languages, Germanic languages and several others)
- *l → /r/ (found in Indo-Iranian languages)
- *n → /r/ (found in Albanian)
- *ð → /r/ (found in Ostrobothnian Finnish)
- *ɣ → /r/
Rhotacism is commonly an unconditional sound change.
A change to a flap such as /ɾ/ is, however, usually not called rhotacism, but simply 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).
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