The Universal Atlas of Phonetic Evolution
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[ʂ]→[ts]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 1/5

Voiceless retroflex fricative to Voiceless alveolar affricate

The voiceless retroflex fricative [ʂ] undergoes affrication to the voiceless alveolar affricate [ts]. This change may occur through hypercorrection or specific dialectal developments where fricatives gain a stop onset.

Phonetic Effects

Affrication, Hypercorrection

Language Examples

[ʂ]→[ts]— Observed as a hypercorrection or in specific regional varieties where the retroflex fricative is replaced by an alveolar affricate.

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