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Armenian Satem Palatalization Affrication Deaspiration Fronting Indo-European

Voiced aspirated velar plosive to Voiced alveolar affricate

The voiced aspirated velar plosive, reconstructed in Proto-Indo-European as `*ǵʰ`, underwent a series of phonetic transformations in certain branches of the Indo-European language family, particularly in Satem languages like Armenian. This shift typically involved palatalization, affrication, deaspiration, and fronting, resulting in a voiced alveolar affricate.

Phonetic Effects

Palatalization, Affrication, Deaspiration, Fronting

Language Examples

Old Armenian Armenian

*ǵʰewH-→ձաւնեմ— The Proto-Indo-European root `*ǵʰewH-` 'to pour, to call' developed into Old Armenian `ձաւնեմ` (jawnem) 'to dedicate', where the initial `*ǵʰ` became `ձ` /dz/.

Related Transformations

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More Palatalization Shifts

[b] → [bʲ] — Palatalization [dʲ] → [dʒ] — Affrication [d] → [dʲ] — Palatalization [d] → [dʒ] — Palatalization [d] → [dʑ] — Palatalization

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