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

Voiced palatal plosive to Voiced alveolar affricate

Assibilation of the voiced palatal stop [ɟ] to the voiced alveolar affricate [dz] is a phonological process documented in Romance and Slavic languages. This represents the conversion of a stop into an affricate articulation.

Phonetic Effects

Assibilation

Language Examples

Vulgar Latin [ɟ]→[dz]— Development of voiced palatals from Vulgar Latin into Italian affricates.
[ɟ]→[dz]— Assibilation of palatal stops in Czech and other West Slavic languages.

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