Back to Matrix [dʒ] → [k] Edit this Data

[k]→[dʒ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5

Palatalization Affrication Voicing Romance Germanic

Voiceless velar plosive to Voiced postalveolar affricate

The palatalization of the velar stop [k] into the voiced postalveolar affricate [dʒ] is a complex shift involving both palatalization, affrication, and voicing, often occurring before front vowels.

Phonetic Effects

Palatalization, Affrication, Voicing

Language Examples

Italian Romance

Latin *centum [k]→cento [tʃ] > stage [dʒ]— While Italian primarily shows [tʃ], dialectal variation and historical stages involve voicing to [dʒ] in specific contexts.

English Germanic

bridge (OE brycg)→[dʒ]— Palatalization of Proto-Germanic *g, but related to the general palatalization of velars in the proximity of front vowels.

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Romance Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ʔ] — Glottalization [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction

Sources & References

Spotted a mistake or have a better example?

EchoDrift is community-driven. You can suggest a change directly through GitHub.

Propose an Edit on GitHub