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[c]→[kʲ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5

Palatalization Velarization Phonetic Variation Dorsal Shift Afro-Asiatic East Slavic

Voiceless palatal plosive to Palatalized voiceless velar plosive

The voiceless palatal plosive [c] can undergo a phonetic transformation into a palatalized voiceless velar plosive [kʲ]. This shift represents a retraction of the primary point of articulation from the hard palate towards the velum, while crucially maintaining a secondary palatal articulation. Such a transformation can manifest as dialectal variation or different transcription conventions for phonetically similar sounds, reflecting a close phonetic relationship between these two sounds.

Phonetic Effects

Backing of Primary Articulation, Retention of Palatalization, Allophonic Variation, Dialectal Shift, Phonetic Equivalence in Transcription

Language Examples

Coptic Afro-Asiatic

/c/→/kʲ/— A specific grapheme representing the aspirated palatal plosive /c/ in Bohairic Coptic indicates the palatalized velar /kʲ/ in other Coptic conventions, demonstrating a historical or dialectal equivalence.

Southwest Ukrainian East Slavic

[c] (or close to [tʲ])→[kʲ]— In the Kryvorivnja dialect of Southwest Ukrainian, a palatal plosive (phonetically close to [c] or [tʲ]) is observed to be articulated as a palatalized velar plosive [kʲ].

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Palatalization Shifts

[b] → [bʲ] — Palatalization [ʌ] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [dʲ] → [dʒ] — Affrication [d] → [dʲ] — Palatalization [d] → [dʒ] — Palatalization

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