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Consonants Merger Deretroflexion Sino-Tibetan

Voiceless retroflex affricate to Voiceless alveolar affricate

The merger of the retroflex affricate [ʈʂ] into the alveolar affricate [ts] is a widespread feature in Southern Mandarin dialects and Taiwanese Mandarin, often termed 'de-retroflexion'.

Phonetic Effects

De-retroflexion, Merger, Fronting

Language Examples

Taiwanese Mandarin Sino-Tibetan

[ʈʂ]→[ts]— Common merger in casual speech and among speakers with a Min Nan substrate.

Southern Mandarin Sino-Tibetan

[ʈʂ]→[ts]— Widespread de-retroflexion across various southern provinces.

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Consonants Shifts

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

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