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Deaspiration Lenition Palatalization Gliding Consonant Shift Indo-European Slavic

Voiced aspirated alveolar plosive to Voiced palatal approximant

The transformation of a voiced aspirated alveolar plosive (dʰ) into a voiced palatal approximant (j) is a multi-stage but regular historical phonetic shift, primarily driven by processes of deaspiration, palatalization, and lenition. This change represents a significant 'weakening' of the consonant, moving from a forceful stop with a puff of air to a frictionless, palatal glide.

Phonetic Effects

Deaspiration, Lenition, Palatalization, Gliding

Language Examples

Proto-Slavic to various Slavic languages Slavic

*dʰ→j— Proto-Indo-European voiced aspirated alveolar plosive (*dʰ) first deaspirated to a plain voiced alveolar plosive (*d) in Proto-Slavic. Subsequently, a sequence of *d followed by a palatalizing element (like *j, often from a front vowel) underwent palatalization and lenition, resulting in a palatal approximant (j) in some descendant Slavic languages.

Related Transformations

Reverse Deaspiration Palatalization Lenition (Gliding)

More Lenition Shifts

[a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [b] → [bʲ] — Palatalization [b] → [v] — Spirantization [tɕ] → [ʃ] — De-affrication

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