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[tʃʰ]→[ʈʂʰ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Voiceless aspirated postalveolar affricate to Voiceless aspirated retroflex affricate

The Middle Chinese 初 (chū) initial, an aspirated postalveolar affricate [tʃʰ] (Baxter tsrh-) of the 庄 group, merged into the aspirated retroflex affricate [ʈʂʰ] in Mandarin.

Phonetic Effects

Retraction

Language Examples

Mandarin Chinese Sinitic

Middle Chinese 初 tsrhjo 'begin'→chū [ʈʂʰu]

Middle Chinese 窗 tsrhaewng 'window'→chuāng [ʈʂʰwaŋ]

Middle Chinese 楚 tsrhjoX 'distinct'→chǔ [ʈʂʰu]

More Sinitic Shifts

[b] → [p] — Voice Loss [d] → [t] — Voice Loss [dz] → [l] — Deaffrication [g] → [k] — Voice Loss [g] → [q] — Retraction

Sources & References

https://www.ubcpress.ca/middle-chinese
https://www.cambridge.org/9780521296533

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