[g]→[ɟ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 5/5
Voiced velar plosive to Voiced palatal plosive
The shift from a voiced velar stop [g] to a voiced palatal stop [ɟ] is a standard palatalization process triggered by front vowels or the palatal glide [j]. This stage, often as an intermediate step toward affrication (to [dʒ] or [dz]), is a hallmark of the Slavic First Palatalization and early Romance language developments. Hungarian maintains [ɟ] (written 'gy') as a separate phoneme.
Phonetic Effects
Palatalization, Velar Fronting
Language Examples
/g/→[ɟ]— Hungarian has a phonemic voiced palatal stop /ɟ/ (written 'gy'), historically often from palatalized velars or dentals.
*givu→[ɟ]ivu— Initial stage of the First Slavic Palatalization of /g/ before shifting to [dʒ] (Slavic [ž] in this context).
gentem [g]→[ɟ]ente— Pre-affrication stage of Latin /g/ before front vowels.
genus [g]→[ɟ]enus— Latin /g/ palatalized to [ɟ] before front vowels, a precursor to Italian [dʒ].
Related Transformations
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