Can you explain why ‘huisvuil’ is pronounced ‘huisfuil’?

Answer

This is also the result of an assimilation rule.

Huis ends with the voiceless alveolar fricative [s], and vuil starts with the voiced labiodental fricative [v].

The [v] of vuil now adapts to the preceding sound and changes only its feature VOICED. If [v] becomes voiceless, we’re left with an [f]. This explains why the word huisvuil is pronounced [huisfuil].

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