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[kʰ]→[tɕʰ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5

Voiceless aspirated velar plosive to Voiceless aspirated alveolo-palatal affricate

Middle Chinese aspirated velar [kʰ] was palatalized to [tɕʰ] before the high front vowels and glides [i, y] in Mandarin (the 'qù' series), while retaining [kʰ] elsewhere.

Phonetic Effects

Palatalization

Language Examples

Mandarin Chinese Sinitic

Middle Chinese 去 khjoH 'go'→qù [tɕʰy]

Middle Chinese 欠 khjaemH 'owe'→qiàn [tɕʰjɛn]

Middle Chinese 丘 khjuw 'hill'→qiū [tɕʰjoʊ]

Middle Chinese 起 khiX 'rise'→qǐ [tɕʰi]

More Palatalization Shifts

[b] → [bʲ] — Palatalization [b] → [p] — Voice Loss [dʲ] → [dʒ] — Affrication [d] → [dʲ] — Palatalization [d] → [dʒ] — Palatalization

Sources & References

https://www.ubcpress.ca/middle-chinese
https://www.cambridge.org/9780521296533

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