[ʈʂ]→[s]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5
Voiceless retroflex affricate to Voiceless alveolar fricative
The voiceless retroflex affricate [ʈʂ] deaffricates and merges with the voiceless alveolar fricative [s]. This change involves the loss of the stop component and the movement of the place of articulation from retroflex to alveolar.
Phonetic Effects
Deaffrication, Merger
Language Examples
[ʈʂ]→[s]— Characteristic of the 'zh' > 's' merger in many non-standard Mandarin accents and Southern dialects.
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