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[tʃ]→[ʈʂ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5

Consonants Merger Retroflexion Mayan Sino-Tibetan

Voiceless postalveolar affricate to Voiceless retroflex affricate

The palato-alveolar affricate [tʃ] merges into the retroflex affricate [ʈʂ] in various Mandarin dialects, contributing to the establishment of the retroflex series.

Phonetic Effects

Merger, Retroflexion, Backing

Language Examples

Mandarin dialects Sino-Tibetan

[tʃ]→[ʈʂ]— Stabilization of the retroflex series via merger with palato-alveolar sounds.

Mamean languages (Proto-Mayan) Mayan

Proto-Mayan *tʃ→[ʈʂ] (retroflex affricate)— Part of the Mamean chain shift: Proto-Mayan *[r] > [t], *[t] > [tʃ], *[tʃ] > [ʈʂ], *[ʃ] > [ʂ]. The shift of *tʃ to ʈʂ is well-attested in the Mamean branch (Mam, Tectitec, Awakatec, Ixil) and the resulting retroflex affricates later diffused into neighboring Q'anjob'alan languages through areal contact.

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Consonants Shifts

[b] → [p] — Voice Loss [tɕ] → [ɕ] — Lenition [d] → [t] — Voice Loss [dz] → [l] — Deaffrication [e] → [i] — Vowel Raising

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