[ɡʲ]→[ʒ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5
Palatalized voiced velar plosive to Voiced postalveolar fricative
The shift from 'ɡʲ' to 'ʒ' mirrors the voiceless counterpart (kʲ → ʃ), involving the spirantization of a voiced palatalized velar stop. This transformation frequently passes through a voiced palato-alveolar affricate stage [dʒ].
Phonetic Effects
Spirantization, Palatalization, Voicing
Language Examples
ɡ [ɡʲ]→ʒ— Historical French evolution where Latin /ɡ/ before /a/ became /dʒ/ and later /ʒ/ (e.g., Latin 'gambam' > French 'jambe').
ɡʲ→ʒ— Slavic First Palatalization where voiced velars became postalveolar fricatives.
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