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[ʂ]→[dz]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 1/5

Voiceless retroflex fricative to Voiced alveolar affricate

The voiceless retroflex fricative [ʂ] transforms into a voiced alveolar affricate [dz] through voicing and affrication. This complex shift involves gaining both a stop onset and vocal cord vibration.

Phonetic Effects

Voicing, Affrication

Language Examples

[ʂ]→[dz]— Rare dialectal development where retroflex fricatives are voiced and affricated in specific phonetic environments.

Related Transformations

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