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[ʈʂʰ]→[s]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 1/5

Voiceless aspirated retroflex affricate to Voiceless alveolar fricative

The voiceless aspirated retroflex affricate [ʈʂʰ] undergoes extreme simplification to a voiceless alveolar fricative [s]. This transformation involves deaffrication, deaspiration, and a change in the place of articulation.

Phonetic Effects

Simplification, Deaffrication, Deaspiration

Language Examples

Mandarin Sino-Tibetan

[ʈʂʰ]→[s]— Extreme reduction in regional Mandarin accents where complex retroflex affricates collapse into simple sibilants.

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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