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[j]→[tʃ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5

Affrication Fortition Palatalization Romance

Voiced palatal approximant to Voiceless postalveolar affricate

The affrication and fortition of the palatal glide [j] into a voiceless postalveolar affricate [tʃ] is a common path in the development of many languages. A notable example is the Latin word 'iam' becoming Italian 'già' [dʒa], with subsequent or parallel developments leading to [tʃ] in other contexts or languages.

Phonetic Effects

Affrication, Fortition

Language Examples

Italian Romance

iam→già [dʒa]— Initial palatal glide strengthening to an affricate (voiced [dʒ] often parallels voiceless [tʃ]).

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Romance Shifts

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

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