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[g]→[tɕ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5

Voiced velar plosive to Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate

In Mandarin, Middle Chinese velar initials were palatalized to [tɕ] before the high front vowels and glides [i, y] (the 'jiàn' series). For originally voiced [g] the oblique tones give unaspirated [tɕ], after the general devoicing of the voiced series.

Phonetic Effects

Palatalization, Devoicing

Language Examples

Mandarin Chinese Sinitic

Middle Chinese 件 gjenX 'item'→jiàn [tɕjɛn]— Oblique-tone [g] → [k] → [tɕ] before a front medial.

Middle Chinese 巨 gjoX 'huge'→jù [tɕy]

Middle Chinese 舊 gjuwH 'old'→jiù [tɕjoʊ]

More Palatalization Shifts

[b] → [bʲ] — Palatalization [b] → [p] — Voice Loss [dʲ] → [dʒ] — Affrication [d] → [dʲ] — Palatalization [d] → [dʒ] — Palatalization

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