[ɲ]→[ʒ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 1/5
Palatal nasal to Voiced postalveolar fricative
The shift from the palatal nasal [ɲ] to the voiced postalveolar fricative [ʒ] represents a significant weakening (lenition) where the nasal closure is lost, and the airflow becomes turbulent. This process often occurs in environments favoring the loss of nasality in favor of increased frication.
Phonetic Effects
Lenition, Fricativization, Loss of Nasality
Language Examples
mañana [ɲ]→[maˈʒana]— Dialectal weakening of palatal nasal in specific rural or rapid speech contexts.
vinho [ɲ]→[ˈviʒu]— Northern Portuguese dialectal variants showing palatal nasal fricativization.
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