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======Lenition======
======Lenition======
The Gotho-Romance family suffered very few lenitions, but in most cases the stops /p t k/ are lenited to /b d ɡ/ if not in onset position, before or after a sonorant or in intervocalic position as a geminate. A similar process happens with /b/ that is lenited to /v ~ β/ in the same conditions. The unstressed labio-velar /kʷ/ delabialises before hard vowels, as in:
The Gotho-Romance family suffered very few lenitions, but in most cases the unstressed stops /p t k/ are lenited to /b d ɡ/ if not in onset position, before or after a sonorant or in intervocalic position as a geminate, but in general, stops are rather [[w:Lenition#Spirantization|spirantised]] than [[w:Lenition#Sonorization|sonorised]] due to Gorgia Toscana. A similar process happens with unstressed /b/ that is lenited to /v ~ β/ in the same conditions. The unstressed labio-velar /kʷ/ delabialises before hard vowels, as in:


* Gothic [[wikt:𐍈𐌰𐌽#Gothic|𐍈𐌰𐌽]] (''ƕan'') [[wikt:AP:pron:got|[ʍan]]] > *[kʷɐn] > Luthic ''can'' [[IPA for Luthic#Standard_Ravennese_Luthic|[kɐn]]].
* Gothic [[wikt:𐍈𐌰𐌽#Gothic|𐍈𐌰𐌽]] (''ƕan'') [[wikt:AP:pron:got|[ʍan]]] > *[kʷɐn] > Luthic ''can'' [[IPA for Luthic#Standard_Ravennese_Luthic|[kɐn]]].
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