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[lʲ]→[l]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 3/5

Depalatalization Hardening Slavic

Palatalized voiced alveolar lateral approximant to Alveolar lateral approximant

The depalatalization of a palatalized lateral approximant [lʲ] to a plain lateral [l].

Phonetic Effects

Depalatalization, Hardening

Language Examples

[lʲ]→[l]— Historical hardening of sibilants and liquids.

Related Transformations

More Slavic Shifts

[a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [dʲ] → [dʒ] — Affrication [d] → [dʑ] — Palatalization [e] → [i] — Vowel Raising [e] → [o] — Backing

Sources & References

Shevelov, G. Y. (1964). A Prehistory of Slavic.

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