[g]→[ʑ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 5/5
Voiced velar plosive to Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative
The transformation of the voiced velar plosive /g/ into the voiced alveolo-palatal fricative /ʒ/ is a common historical sound change, primarily driven by palatalization and lenition. This shift typically occurs when /g/ is followed by front vowels or palatal glides, which pull the articulation forward and weaken the stop closure into a fricative.
Phonetic Effects
Language Examples
/g/→/ʒ/— in morphophonological alternations before certain front vowel suffixes, such as the verbal stem extension -i.
*g→*ž— before front vowels *e, *ē, *i, *ī during the First Palatalization.
/g/→/ʒ/— a plausible historical development from Semitic /g/ to /ʒ/ or /dʒ/.
Related Transformations
More Semitic Shifts
Sources & References
- Vocoid-driven processes: Palatalization and glide hardening in Greek and its dialects
- Palatalization of Velars: A Major Link of Old English and Old Frisian - Stephen Laker
- MODERN STANDARD ARABIC ﺝ: /Ʒ/ AND /ʤ/
- Velar palatalization in Russian and artificial grammar: Constraints on models of morphophonology - ResearchGate
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