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

Palatalization Slavic

Voiceless aspirated velar plosive to Palatalized voiceless velar plosive

The shift from the voiceless aspirated velar stop [kʰ] to its palatalized counterpart [kʲ] is a form of secondary palatalization.

Phonetic Effects

Language Examples

Russian / Slavic Slavic

historical [kʰ] stage→[kʲ]

Related Transformations

Inverse: Depalatalization

More Slavic Shifts

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

Sources & References

Ladefoged, P., & Maddieson, I. (1996). The Sounds of the World's Languages.

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