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

Fortition Palatalization Approximant Plosive Yeniseian Uralic Austroasiatic

Voiced palatal approximant to Palatalized voiced alveolar plosive

The voiced palatal approximant /j/ can undergo a process of fortition, strengthening its articulation to become a palatalized voiced alveolar plosive /dʲ/. This transformation involves an increase in the degree of stricture, moving from an approximant to a stop, while maintaining its palatalized quality.

Phonetic Effects

Fortition, Increase in Stricture, Approximant to Plosive, Palatalization Maintained

Language Examples

Vietnamese Austroasiatic

*j→dʲ— Sino-Vietnamese *j became dʲ in the 17th century.

Adytite (Upper Yeniseian dialect) Yeniseian

/j/→/dʲ/— Word-initial strengthening of /j/ to /dʲ/ in the Upper Yeniseian dialect.

Nganasan Uralic

*j→[j] ~ [dʲ]— Earlier *j shows free variation between [j] and [dʲ].

Related Transformations

Reverse Fortition to affricate (e.g., Romance)

More Palatalization Shifts

[b] → [bʲ] — Palatalization [b] → [p] — Voice Loss [dʲ] → [dʒ] — Affrication [d] → [dʲ] — Palatalization [d] → [dʒ] — Palatalization

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