[d]→[y]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5
Voiced alveolar plosive to Close front rounded vowel
The palatalization of a voiced alveolar stop /d/ into a palatal glide /j/ (y), often through a palatalized stop [dʲ] or affricate stage.
Phonetic Effects
Palatalization, Glide Formation
Language Examples
hodie [dj]→hoy [j] (Spanish), aujourd'hui [j] (French)— Latin [dj] cluster reduced to palatal glide [j]; the stop component was lost as the glide quality dominated.
did you [dj]→[ˈdɪdʒu]— Yod-coalescence: /d/ + /j/ → voiced affricate [dʒ] rather than a pure glide; strictly d+y→dʒ, not d→j.
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