Ad. [f] ‹ph›

Ad. [f] ‹ph›

The Adûnaic voiceless labial spirant was represented by “ph” in Tolkien’s writing (LotR/1114, SD/419), and was mostly derived from a primitive aspirated “p”: [pʰ] (SD/418).

References ✧ LotR/1114; SD/418-419

Variations

Element In

Phonetic Development

Ad. aspirates became voiceless spirants f < pʰ ✧ SD/418 (Ph > Ph); SD/419 (Ph > F)
Ad. voiceless stops became spirants before homorganic spirants ff < pf ✧ SD/419 (PPh > PF > FF)
Ad. voiceless stops became spirants before [θ] fθ < pθ ✧ SD/419 (PTh > FÞ)