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Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate to Voiceless alveolar affricate

In Cantonese, the Middle Chinese alveolar and alveolo-palatal sibilant series merged into a single series (late 19th to early 20th century), so that 將 and 章 are now homophones.

Phonetic Effects

Merger, Depalatalization

Language Examples

Cantonese Sinitic

章 MC tsyang [tɕ]→zoeng1 [tsœːŋ]— Mandarin zhāng [ʈʂ-]; the alveolo-palatal and alveolar series are no longer distinguished.

將 MC tsjang [ts]→zoeng1 [tsœːŋ]— Mandarin jiāng [tɕiɑŋ] by palatalization.

Related Transformations

Mandarin palatalization (reverse)

More Sinitic Shifts

[b] → [p] — Voice Loss [d] → [t] — Voice Loss [dz] → [l] — Deaffrication [g] → [k] — Voice Loss [m] → [n] — Place Assimilation

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