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[g]→[tʃ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Palatalization Affrication Semitic

Voiced velar plosive to Voiceless postalveolar affricate

Palatalization of [g] (often a reflex of /q/) to the voiceless affricate [tʃ] (ch) is documented in various Gulf and Iraqi Arabic dialects.

Phonetic Effects

Palatalization, Affrication

Language Examples

Arabic (Gulf/Iraqi) Semitic

rifig→rifich— palatalization of g reflex

Related Transformations

Depalatalization

More Semitic Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [ʕ] → [a] — Vocalization [ʕ] → [ʔ] — De-pharyngealization [b] → [bʲ] — Palatalization [b] → [v] — Spirantization

Sources & References

https://academic.oup.com/book/48466

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