[g]→[c]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 2/5
Voiced velar plosive to Voiceless palatal plosive
In Lhasa Tibetan the written cluster brgy- (b- prefix, g- base, -y- medial) is pronounced as a palatal stop: Classical brgya 'hundred' is /ca˩˨/. The velar was palatalized by the medial -y- while the prefix was lost.
Phonetic Effects
Palatalization, Cluster Simplification, Prefix Loss
Language Examples
brgya "hundred" [brɡʲa]→/ca˩˨/— Old Tibetan reconstructed /*brɡʲa/ (Wiktionary).
Related Transformations
More Tibeto-Burman Shifts
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