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[dz]→[dʒ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5

Voiced alveolar affricate to Voiced postalveolar affricate

The shift from 'dz' to 'j' (dʒ) is the voiced counterpart of 'ts' to 'ch' palatalization, involving the movement of a voiced alveolar affricate to a post-alveolar position.

Phonetic Effects

Palatalization

Language Examples

dz→dʒ— Development of Slavic affricates before high vowels.
dz→dʒ— Development of Romance affricates before high vowels.

Related Transformations

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