[p]→[j]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Glide Formation Palatalization Lenition Germanic

Voiceless bilabial plosive to Voiced palatal approximant

The transformation of the voiceless bilabial stop /p/ into the palatal glide /j/ is a notable yet infrequent sound change. It typically occurs through a process of extreme palatalization, where the /p/ is fronted and weakened before a high front vowel like /i/ or /j/. The intermediate stages might involve a palatalized stop [pʲ] or an affricate [pç] before resolving into /j/.

Phonetic Effects

Palatalization, Lenition, Glide Formation

Language Examples

Dialectal English Germanic

'cu[p] of tea'→'cu[pʲ]a tea' -> 'cu[j]a tea'— Hypothetical example of extreme yod-coalescence in rapid speech.

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Germanic Shifts

[a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ʔ] — Glottalization [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [æ] → [ɛ] — Vowel Raising

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