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[dʑ]→[ʂ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Retraction Spirantization Sinitic

Voiced alveolo-palatal affricate to Voiceless retroflex fricative

The Middle Chinese 船 (chuán) initial [dʑ] became Mandarin [ʂ] in most syllables (aspirated [ʈʂʰ] in some level-tone words, cf. 船 chuán).

Phonetic Effects

Retraction, Spirantization

Language Examples

Mandarin Chinese Sinitic

Middle Chinese 順 zywinH 'obey'→shùn [ʂwən]

Middle Chinese 神 zyin 'spirit'→shén [ʂən]

Middle Chinese 食 zyik 'eat'→shí [ʂɨ]

More Sinitic Shifts

[b] → [p] — Voice Loss [b] → [v] — Spirantization [d] → [t] — Voice Loss [d] → [ð] — Spirantization [dz] → [l] — Deaffrication

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