[dʒ]→[j]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5
Voiced postalveolar affricate to Voiced palatal approximant
The transformation from a voiced postalveolar affricate (d͡ʒ) to a voiced palatal approximant (j) is a common instance of lenition, a sound change where a consonant becomes 'weaker' or less constricted. This process involves the deaffrication of the sound, moving from a stop-fricative combination to a pure approximant, often in specific phonetic environments or as a dialectal variant.
Phonetic Effects
Lenition, Deaffrication, Approximantization
Language Examples
khanjar→khanyar— The word 'dagger' undergoes lenition in Hadari Kuwaiti Spoken Arabic.
jarrāra→yarrara— The word 'drawer' undergoes lenition in Hadari Kuwaiti Spoken Arabic.
Related Transformations
More Semitic Shifts
Sources & References
- AlOtaibi, D., AlQenaie, S. D., & Park, S. (2022). Lenition in Kuwaiti Arabic: An Optimality Theory Approach. Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literatures, 14(3), 517-533.
- Alqarni, A. (2017). Dialect Contact and Koineisation in Riyadh: A study on the Dialect of Alqarni Tribe. PhD thesis, University of Essex.
- Johnstone, T. M. (1967). Eastern Arabian Dialect Studies. Oxford University Press.
- Mustafawi, E. (2006). Lexical and sociolinguistic variation in Qatari Arabic. PhD diss., University of Edinburgh.
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