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[pʲ]→[c]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Fronting Shift Palatalization Slavic Indo-European

Palatalized voiceless bilabial plosive to Voiceless palatal plosive

The shift from 'pʲ' to 'c' (voiceless palatal stop) represents a rare but phonetically documented shift in place of articulation (fronting/shift). The palatal secondary articulation of the bilabial stop becomes the primary articulation.

Phonetic Effects

Fronting, Place Shift, Palatalization

Language Examples

Greek Dialects / Southern Slavic Indo-European

pʲ→c— Rare dialectal shifts where palatalized bilabials are reanalyzed as palatal stops.

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Slavic Shifts

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

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