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[s]→[sʲ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5

Palatalization Slavic

Voiceless alveolar fricative to Palatalized voiceless alveolar fricative

The palatalization of the voiceless alveolar fricative [s] to [sʲ].

Phonetic Effects

Language Examples

с→[sʲ]— Palatalization before front vowels.

Related Transformations

More Slavic Shifts

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

Sources & References

Jones, D., & Ward, D. (1969). The Phonetics of Russian.

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