KnowraLenitionLinked fromLinked fromThe 5 pages that link to Lenition, each with the reason it gives.All 5Broader topic 1Related 4Sound changeBroader topic: Consonants may weaken in predictable phonetic environments and later disappear.Brittonic languagesRelated: Lenition underlies several consonant alternations found in Brittonic languages.Phonological changeRelated: Consonants may weaken over time, as when stops become fricatives or disappear.Spanish phonologyRelated: Intervocalic Spanish /b/, /d/, and /g/ commonly surface as approximants through lenition.BetacismRelated: Changes in consonant strength can help explain shifts between stops and fricatives.