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[dz]→[z]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5

Voiced alveolar affricate to Voiced alveolar fricative

De-affrication of [dz] to [z] involves the loss of the initial stop component, common in various European languages and dialects.

Phonetic Effects

De-affrication

Language Examples

[dz]→[z]— Regional variations in Italy often show de-affrication of voiced dental affricates in intervocalic positions.
[dz]→[z]— Historical Slavic de-affrication occurred in various positions during the development of several daughter languages.

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