Ad. [p]

Ad. [p]

The voiceless labial stop survived from Primitive Adûnaic into Classical Adûnaic (SD/418). It also developed in many cases from the labial nasal [m] followed by a consonant (SD/420); see the Adûnaic assimilation rules for further discussion.

References ✧ SD/418, 420-421

Variations

Element In

Phonetic Development

Ad. nasals became voiceless stops before voiceless stops, aspirates and [s] p{ppʰttʰkkʰs} < m{ppʰttʰkkʰs} ✧ SD/420 (MP,MPh > PP,PPh); SD/421 (MT,MTh,MK,MKh,MS > PT,PTh,PK,PKh,PS)