✶Ad. [p]

✶Ad. [p]
The primitive consonant [p] survived unchanged in Classical Adûnaic except in contact with aspirates, in which case it generally became [f] (“ph”) (SD/416, 419).

References ✧ SD/416, 419, 421

Variations

Element In

Phonetic Development

Ad. voiceless stops became spirants before homorganic spirants pf > ff ✧ SD/419 (PPh > PF > FF)
Ad. voiceless stops became spirants before [θ] pθ > fθ ✧ SD/419 (PTh > FÞ)
✶Ad. stops became aspirates after aspirates {ptk}ʰp > {ptk}ʰpʰ ✧ SD/421 ([{ptk}ʰp] > [{ptk}ʰpʰ])