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[tɕ]→[ʈʂ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Retraction Sino-Tibetan

Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate to Voiceless retroflex affricate

The retraction of the voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate [tɕ] to the voiceless retroflex affricate [ʈʂ].

Phonetic Effects

Retraction, Hardening

Language Examples

Mandarin Sino-Tibetan

[tɕ]→[ʈʂ]— Historical merger of palatal and retroflex series in Northern dialects.

Related Transformations

More Sino-Tibetan Shifts

[b] → [p] — Voice Loss [tɕ] → [ɕ] — Lenition [d] → [t] — Voice Loss [dz] → [l] — Deaffrication [g] → [k] — Voice Loss

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