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[g]→[ɡʲ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 5/5

Voiced velar plosive to Palatalized voiced velar plosive

Palatalization (specifically secondary palatalization or 'softening') is a phonetic process where the middle of the tongue is raised toward the hard palate during the articulation of a consonant. This is a hallmark of Slavic languages like Russian and often occurs before front vowels or palatal glides.

Phonetic Effects

Secondary Palatalization, Softening

Language Examples

Russian Slavic

noga [g]→nogi [gʲ]— Russian 'g' becomes palatalized before front vowels, such as in the plural or genitive forms of certain nouns. This reflects the broader Slavic trend of velar softening.

Irish (Gaelic) Celtic

leabhar [ɡ]→leabhair [ɟ]— Grammatical palatalization (slender/broad contrast) where velar stops front to palatal stops before front vowels in certain morphological contexts.

Related Transformations

depalatalization

More Slavic Shifts

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

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