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[c]→[tʃ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 5/5

Palatal Postalveolar Affrication Palatalization Romance Germanic

Voiceless palatal plosive to Voiceless postalveolar affricate

The transformation from a voiceless palatal plosive [c] to a voiceless postalveolar affricate [tʃ] is a classic case of affrication. This often occurs during the process of palatalization, where a plosive develops a fricated release as it moves toward the palate.

Phonetic Effects

Affrication, Palatalization

Language Examples

Latin to Italian Romance

centum [k] → [c]→cento [tʃ]— The Latin [k] before front vowels became palatalized to [c] and subsequently affricated to [tʃ] in Italian.

Proto-Germanic to Old English Germanic

cheese [k] → [c]→cheese [tʃ]— The Proto-Germanic *k underwent palatalization and affrication in Old English when preceding certain front vowels (e.g., *kīsiz → cīese).

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Romance Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [a] → [ã] — Assimilatory Nasalization [a] → [∅] — Elision [a] → [ʔ] — Glottalization [a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction

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