[tʲ]→[tʃ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 5/5
Palatalized voiceless alveolar plosive to Voiceless postalveolar affricate
Primary palatalization (iotation) describes the process where a palatalized alveolar stop shifts its primary place and manner of articulation to become a postalveolar affricate. This change involves the tongue blade making broader contact further back in the mouth, transitioning from a simple stop to a complex affricate sound.
Phonetic Effects
Affrication, Postalveolar Shift
Language Examples
khotet' [xotʲetʲ]→khochu [xotʃu]— Common verb mutation where dental 't' followed by 'j' or front vowels yields 'ch' in present tense.
Latin [tj] (e.g. *platea)→Italian 'piazza' [tts], Old French 'place' [ts]— Latin [tj] clusters developed into various dental/postalveolar affricates across the Romance domain.
don't you [dont ju]→don't-chu [dontʃu]— Productive yod-coalescence in casual speech where /t/ + /j/ merges into /tʃ/.
Related Transformations
More Romance Shifts
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