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Voiceless postalveolar affricate to Voiceless alveolar affricate

The phonetic transformation from the voiceless postalveolar affricate /tʃ/ to the voiceless dental/alveolar affricate /ts/ involves a fronting of the place of articulation. This shift moves the point of constriction from the postalveolar region to the alveolar ridge or teeth. While both sounds are voiceless affricates, the change results in a sharper, more fronted articulation. It is a defining feature of Kashmiri and other Dardic languages, which innovated a dental affricate series from the Old Indo-Aryan palatal affricates.

Phonetic Effects

Fronting

Language Examples

Kashmiri Indo-Aryan

cār [tʃaːr]→tsoːr— 'four' (cf. Sanskrit catvā́raḥ, Hindi cār): the Old Indo-Aryan palatal affricate /tʃ/ developed into the Kashmiri dental affricate /ts/.

pā̃c [pãːtʃ]→pãːts— 'five' (cf. Sanskrit páñca, Hindi pā̃c): inherited /tʃ/ became the dental affricate /ts/.

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Indo-Aryan Shifts

[ai] → [e] — Monophthongization [dz] → [l] — Deaffrication [ɡʱ] → [ʒ] — Palatalization [ɡʲ] → [dz] — Fronting [j] → [z] — Fortition

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