[ʃ]→[s]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5
Voiceless postalveolar fricative to Voiceless alveolar fricative
Depalatalization of [ʃ] to [s] involves the movement of the articulation from the post-alveolar to the alveolar region.
Phonetic Effects
Depalatalization
Language Examples
Old Spanish [ʃ]→Modern Spanish [s]— While most [ʃ] became [x] in Modern Spanish, in some dialects and loanwords, it shifted to [s].
[ʃ]→[s]— Greek lacks [ʃ] and often adapts this sound from loanwords as [s].
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