[dʒ]→[z]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5
Voiced postalveolar affricate to Voiced alveolar fricative
De-affrication, De-palatalization of the voiced palato-alveolar affricate [dʒ] to the voiced alveolar fricative [z]. This process involves both the loss of the stop component (de-affrication) and the forward shift in articulation (de-palatalization).
Phonetic Effects
De-affrication, De-palatalization
Language Examples
[dʒ]→[z]— In the evolution from Latin to French, the Latin /j/ or soft /g/ developed into [dʒ], which in some positions later simplified. While the main path was to [ʒ], some dialectal variations show further reduction to [z].
Related Transformations
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