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[p]→[ts]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5

Palatalization Affrication Bantu Niger-Congo Germanic

Voiceless bilabial plosive to Voiceless alveolar affricate

The transformation of voiceless bilabial stop [p] to the voiceless alveolar affricate [ts] is a common case of labial palatalization, where the place of articulation shifts significantly forward.

Phonetic Effects

Palatalization, Affrication

Language Examples

Bantu (Labial Palatalization) Niger-Congo

[p]→[ts]— Bantu languages frequently show labial consonants becoming dental or alveolar affricates under the influence of the palatal glide [j] or front vowels.

High German Consonant Shift Germanic

Proto-Germanic *p-→pf- > stage toward [ts]— While initially becoming the labiodental affricate [pf], further shifts in articulation can lead to dental/alveolar affricates.

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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