[ɲ]→[ʐ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5
Palatal nasal to Voiced retroflex fricative
The Middle Chinese palatal nasal initial (rì 日) shifted rather than merged: in Northern varieties it became a new initial pronounced [ʐ] or [ɻ]. Pinyin writes it r-.
Phonetic Effects
Retroflexion, Denasalization
Language Examples
日 MC nyit→jat6 [jɐt̚]— Southern varieties give [j], [z], [ɲ] or [n] instead.
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