[r]→[dʒ]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 3/5
Alveolar trill to Voiced postalveolar affricate
The alveolar trill /r/ can undergo a process of affrication, often triggered by a following high front vowel, resulting in a voiced postalveolar affricate /d͡ʒ/. This transformation is a documented historical sound change in certain language families.
Phonetic Effects
Affrication, Palatalization
Language Examples
*mć̣er‑→mč̣aǯ‑— Proto-Kartvelian *r becomes Megrelian ǯ ('d͡ʒ') in the position between a vowel and *i. Meaning: 'fly'.
*pur‑→puǯ‑— Proto-Kartvelian *r becomes Zan ǯ ('d͡ʒ') in the position between a vowel and *i. Meaning: 'cow'.
Related Transformations
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