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[d]→[tʃ]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 3/5

Affrication Devoicing Yod-Coalescence Germanic

Voiced alveolar plosive to Voiceless postalveolar affricate

The shift from the voiced alveolar stop [d] to the voiceless palato-alveolar affricate [tʃ] involves three steps: palatalization (due to a following [i] or [j]), affrication, and finally devoicing. It is often seen in rapid speech or as a historical progression of 'yod-coalescence'.

Phonetic Effects

Affrication, Devoicing, Yod-coalescence

Language Examples

English Germanic

[d] before [j]→[tʃ]— Yod-coalescence merges [d] + [j] through intermediate affrication ([dʒ]) and devoicing to [tʃ].

Related Transformations

Reverse Voiceless equivalent: Palatalization

More Germanic Shifts

[a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ʔ] — Glottalization [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [æ] → [ɛ] — Vowel Raising

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