[dʑ]→[tɕ]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 4/5
Voiced alveolo-palatal affricate to Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate
The transformation from the voiced alveolo-palatal affricate /d͡ʑ/ to its voiceless counterpart /t͡ɕ/ is a common phonetic process known as devoicing. This shift involves the cessation of vocal fold vibration during the articulation of the sound, resulting in a voiceless consonant. Such changes often occur in specific phonetic environments, such as word-finally, before voiceless consonants, or in language contact situations.
Phonetic Effects
Devoicing, Loss of Vocal Fold Vibration, Fortition
Language Examples
između→izmeću— The unvoicing of /d͡ʑ/ to /t͡ɕ/ is evidenced in the word 'između' becoming 'izmeću' ('between') in Heritage BCMS spoken by second-generation speakers in Switzerland, influenced by German.
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