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Mandarin

23 documented transformations found for this language.

Retraction
[ch_palatal] → [ch_retroflex]
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Simplification
[ch_retroflex_aspirated] → [s]
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Deaspiration
[ch_retroflex_aspirated] → [ts]
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Deaffrication
[ch_retroflex] → [s]
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Deaffrication
[ch_retroflex] → [sh]
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Spirantization
[d_retroflex] → [zh_retroflex]
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Palatalization
[g] → [j_palatal]
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Deaffrication
[j_affricate] → [zh_retroflex]
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Deaffrication
[j_palatal] → [zh_retroflex]
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Palatalization
[k_aspirated] → [ch_retroflex_aspirated]
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Palatalization
[k] → [ch_palatal]
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Palatalization
[k] → [ch_retroflex]
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Retraction
[sh_palatal] → [sh_retroflex]
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Affrication
[sh_retroflex] → [ch_retroflex]
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Voicing
[sh_retroflex] → [dz]
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Affrication
[sh_retroflex] → [ts]
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Palatalization
[t_retroflex] → [sh]
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Assibilation
[t_retroflex] → [z]
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Retraction
[ts_aspirated] → [ch_retroflex_aspirated]
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Retraction
[ts] → [ch_retroflex]
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Retraction
[zh_palatal] → [zh_retroflex]
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Fortition
[zh_retroflex] → [d_retroflex]
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Elision
[zh_retroflex] → [empty]
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