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[pʰ]→[pʲ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5

Voiceless aspirated bilabial plosive to Palatalized voiceless bilabial plosive

The shift from the voiceless aspirated bilabial stop [pʰ] to its palatalized counterpart [pʲ] is a form of secondary palatalization. It typically occurs before high front vowels or palatal glides, where the aspiration interacts with the palatal constriction.

Phonetic Effects

Palatalization

Language Examples

Russian / Slavic Slavic

historical [pʰ] stage→[pʲ]— Stages in the development of soft consonants before front vowels.

Related Transformations

Inverse: Depalatalization

More Slavic Shifts

[a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [b] → [bʲ] — Palatalization [dʲ] → [dʒ] — Affrication [d] → [dʲ] — Palatalization [d] → [dʒ] — Palatalization

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