[j]→[k]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Fortition Backing Devoicing Consonant Gradation Slavic Uralic South Slavic

Voiced palatal approximant to Voiceless velar plosive

The phonetic transformation from a voiced palatal approximant /j/ to a voiceless velar plosive /k/ is a complex shift involving fortition, backing, and devoicing. While not a universally common unconditioned sound change, it is attested in specific linguistic contexts, often as part of morphophonological alternations or conditioned by surrounding sounds.

Phonetic Effects

Fortition, Backing, Devoicing

Language Examples

Prekmurje Slovene South Slavic

vlaszjé→vlaszké— Fortition of /j/ to /k/ in the word for 'hair'. This is part of a broader fortition of /j/ to a palatal stop /ɟ/ in some dialects, with further development to /k/ in this specific example.

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Backing Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [b] → [p] — Voice Loss [dʲ] → [dʒ] — Affrication [d] → [dʑ] — Palatalization

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