[ɡʲ]→[dʑ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 5/5
Palatalized voiced velar plosive to Voiced alveolo-palatal affricate
The transformation from a palatalized voiced velar plosive (/ɡʲ/) to a voiced alveolo-palatal affricate (/dʑ/) is a common outcome of palatalization processes in various languages. This shift typically involves the fronting of the velar articulation towards the palate and a change in manner from a stop to an affricate, where the closure is released with an accompanying frication.
Phonetic Effects
Palatalization, Affrication, Fronting, Lenition
Language Examples
Latin /g/ (before front vowels)→/dʒ/— Latin *gens* evolved into Italian *gente* /dʒɛnte/.
Proto-Slavic *g (palatalized)→*dž— Proto-Slavic *g, especially when palatalized by a following *j* or front vowel, progressed through an affricate stage, often represented as *dž* (phonetically /dʑ/ or /dʒ/). An example is seen in forms like `otžít'` which shows a `[-dž-]` reflex.
Related Transformations
More Romance Shifts
Sources & References
- Andersen, H. (2003). Slavic and the Indo-European migrations. In H. Andersen (Ed.), Language Contacts in Prehistory: Studies in Stratigraphy (pp. 45–76). John Benjamins.
- Recasens, D. (2013). Phonetic Causes of Sound Change: The Palatalization and Assibilation of Obstruents. Oxford University Press.
- Recasens, D. (2020). Palatalizations in the Romance Languages. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Oxford University Press.
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