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

Voiceless postalveolar affricate to Voiced alveolo-palatal affricate

The phonetic transformation from the voiceless postalveolar affricate /tʃ/ to the voiced alveolo-palatal affricate /dʑ/ is a type of lenition, primarily involving the voicing of the affricate. This change can also be accompanied by a slight fronting of the articulation, moving from a postalveolar to an alveolo-palatal place.

Phonetic Effects

Voicing, Lenition, Palatalization

Language Examples

/tʃ/→[dʑ]— In some Spanish dialect areas, the voiceless postalveolar affricate /tʃ/ is articulated as a partially or fully voiced affricate, which can be represented as [tʒ] or [tʝ], aligning with a voiced alveolo-palatal affricate [dʑ].

Related Transformations

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