The Universal Atlas of Phonetic Evolution
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[dʱ]→[dʲ]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 4/5

Voiced aspirated alveolar plosive to Palatalized voiced alveolar plosive

The shift from the voiced aspirated alveolar stop [dʱ] to its palatalized counterpart [dʲ] represents secondary palatalization, a phonetic process where consonants acquire palatal features, often triggered by adjacent front vowels or as part of systematic consonant inventory reorganization.

Phonetic Effects

Palatalization

Language Examples

[dʱ]→[dʲ]— Palatalization of post-alveolar/aspirated d in Slavic languages is widespread and well-documented in synchronic Russian phonology.

Related Transformations

More Slavic Shifts

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