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[k]→[ts]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5

Palatalization Slavic Assibilation

Voiceless velar plosive to Voiceless alveolar affricate

The Slavic Second Palatalization is a classic example of [k] transforming into [ts] before front vowels derived from earlier diphthongs.

Phonetic Effects

Palatalization, Assibilation

Language Examples

Slavic Second Palatalization Slavic

k→ts— Proto-Slavic *k became /ts/ before front vowels *ě, *i (from earlier *ai, *oi).

Related Transformations

More Slavic Shifts

[a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [b] → [bʲ] — Palatalization [dʲ] → [dʒ] — Affrication [d] → [dʲ] — Palatalization [d] → [dʒ] — Palatalization

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