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[l]→[tɕ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5

Palatalization Affrication Consonant Cluster Assimilation Romance Afro-Asiatic

Alveolar lateral approximant to Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate

The alveolar lateral approximant /l/ can undergo transformation into a voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate /tʃ/ through processes of palatalization and affrication, often occurring within consonant clusters or as a result of assimilation to a neighboring palatal sound.

Phonetic Effects

Palatalization, Affrication, Assimilation, Change in Manner From Approximant to Affricate, Change in Place From Alveolar to Alveolo-palatal

Language Examples

Spanish Romance

TRUNC(U)LARE*→tronchar— Latin consonant cluster C'L developing into /tʃ/.

*MANC(U)LA*→mancha— Latin consonant cluster C'L developing into /tʃ/.

CONCHULA*→concha— Latin consonant cluster C'L developing into /tʃ/.

MASC(U)LU*→macho— Latin consonant cluster C'L developing into /tʃ/.

Portuguese Romance

TRUNC(U)LARE*→tronchar— Latin consonant cluster C'L developing into /tʃ/.

*MANC(U)LA*→mancha— Latin consonant cluster C'L developing into /tʃ/.

CONCHULA*→concha— Latin consonant cluster C'L developing into /tʃ/.

MASC(U)LU*→macho— Latin consonant cluster C'L developing into /tʃ/.

Misrata Libyan Arabic Afro-Asiatic

/ʔil-tʃarruuta/→/itʃ-tʃarruuta/— Assimilation of the definite article /l/ to a following /tʃ/.

Related Transformations

More Romance Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [ai] → [e] — Monophthongization

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