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

Palatalization Slavic Assibilation

Voiced velar plosive to Voiced alveolar affricate

The Slavic Second Palatalization involved the shift of [ɡ] to [dz] before certain front vowels.

Phonetic Effects

Palatalization, Assibilation

Language Examples

Slavic Second Palatalization Slavic

g→dz— Proto-Slavic *g became /dz/ (later /z/ in many Slavic languages) before front vowels.

Related Transformations

More Slavic Shifts

[a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [b] → [bʲ] — Palatalization [dʲ] → [dʒ] — Affrication [d] → [dʲ] — Palatalization [d] → [dʒ] — Palatalization

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