[dʱ]→[z]Certainty: 3/5Commonality: 1/5
Voiced aspirated alveolar plosive to Voiced alveolar fricative
The shift from the voiced aspirated alveolar stop [dʱ] to the voiced alveolar fricative [z] represents assibilation and lenition. This process often proceeds through intermediate stages like [ð] before stabilizing as the sibilant [z], documented in Indo-Aryan language families.
Phonetic Effects
Assibilation, Lenition
Language Examples
[dʱ]→[z]— In Kashmiri and other Dardic languages, historical voiced aspirates underwent affrication and spirantization to fricatives.
Related Transformations
More Lenition Shifts
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