The Universal Atlas of Phonetic Evolution
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[ɟ]→[d]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 3/5

Voiced palatal plosive to Voiced alveolar plosive

Depalatalization of the voiced palatal stop [ɟ] to the voiced alveolar stop [d] is a process of consonant simplification and merger. As the palatal consonant series simplifies in language evolution, palatal stops often merge with their alveolar counterparts.

Phonetic Effects

Depalatalization

Language Examples

[ɟ]→[d]— Depalatalization of palatal stops to alveolars in various Slavic languages as palatal series simplifies or merges with alveolar series.

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