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[ɕ]→[ʂ]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 2/5

Retraction Sino-Tibetan

Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative to Voiceless retroflex fricative

The retraction of the voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative [ɕ] to the voiceless retroflex fricative [ʂ].

Phonetic Effects

Retraction, Hardening

Language Examples

Mandarin Sino-Tibetan

[ɕ]→[ʂ]— Historical shift in the reorganization of the Mandarin sibilant inventory.

Related Transformations

More Sino-Tibetan Shifts

[b] → [p] — Voice Loss [tɕ] → [ɕ] — Lenition [d] → [t] — Voice Loss [dz] → [l] — Deaffrication [g] → [k] — Voice Loss

Sources & References

Norman, J. (1988). Chinese.

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