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Lenition Palatalization Historical Romance Afro-Asiatic

Voiced postalveolar affricate to Voiced palatal plosive

The voiced postalveolar affricate (d͡ʒ) can undergo a phonetic transformation to a voiced palatal plosive (ɟ), a process characterized by lenition where the fricative component of the affricate is lost, resulting in a pure stop. This shift also involves a slight palatalization, moving the place of articulation from postalveolar to palatal.

Phonetic Effects

Lenition, Palatalization

Language Examples

Andalusi Romance Romance

janua→yana— Latin 'janua' to Andalusi Romance 'yana' (door)

juncu→yonko— Latin 'juncu' to Andalusi Romance 'yonko' (reed)

juniperu→yunepro— Latin 'juniperu' to Andalusi Romance 'yunepro' (juniper)

Arabic (Yemeni, Sudanese, Egyptian dialects) Afro-Asiatic

[d͡ʒamal]→[ˈɟamal]— Classical Arabic 'jamal' (camel) to dialectal pronunciation

Related Transformations

More Romance Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [ai] → [e] — Monophthongization

Sources & References

Barbato, M., & Minervini, L. (2024). Reconstructing a Language from Fragmentary and Discontinuous Records: Andalusi Romance (So-Called 'Mozarabic'). Brill.

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