/r/
EARLY MODERN ENGLISH THROUGH PRESENT-DAY ENGLISH
SOURCE: ME
/r/
Voiced alveolar retroflex
The consonant /r/ has been stable from EME through PDE.
| CONSONANT |
EME
/r/
|
PDE /r/
|
| SPELLING |
r, rr
|
r, rr, wr
|
| EXAMPLE |
root
|
root
|
SOUND
CHANGES AFFECTING /r/
EME /r/
Loss in certain phonetic environments