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[d]→[ɲ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Voiced alveolar plosive to Palatal nasal

The transformation of voiced dental stop [d] to palatal nasal [ɲ] involves concurrent nasalization and palatalization, typically under the influence of neighboring nasal or front vowel segments.

Phonetic Effects

Nasalization, Palatalization

Language Examples

*d + nasal + front vowel→[ɲ]— Historical Slavic developments often showed dental stops nasalizing and palatalizing into [ɲ] in specific clusters.
Latin *d in nasal contexts→[ɲ]— Certain Romance dialects exhibit nasalization and palatalization of dental stops.

Related Transformations

More Nasalization Shifts

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