[j]→[dʒ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 5/5
Voiced palatal approximant to Voiced postalveolar affricate
Palatal glides often undergo strengthening to become voiced affricates, especially in word-initial positions.
Phonetic Effects
Fortition, Affrication
Language Examples
jocus→gioco— Latin /j/ became /dʒ/ in Italian.
tune /tjuːn/→/tʃuːn/— Yod-strengthening in dialects leading to affrication.
Related Transformations
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