[tʲ]→[s]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5
Palatalized voiceless alveolar plosive to Voiceless alveolar fricative
Assibilation of palatalized dental stops is a historical phonological process where a dental stop, such as [t], undergoes palatalization and subsequently evolves into a sibilant affricate or fricative. This process typically involves a transition through an intermediate affricate stage, such as [ts], before simplifying to a sibilant fricative [s].
Phonetic Effects
Palatalization, Assibilation, Affrication, Spirantization
Language Examples
Latin [tj]→French [s], Spanish [θ]— Development of Latin -ti- sequences in words like 'fortia' > French 'force' [s] or 'vitiu' > Spanish 'vicio' [θ].
Proto-Slavic [ts]→Modern Slavic [s]— The process of assibilation seen in the Second Palatalization resulting in [ts] (from *k) often mirrors the behavior of dental stops in similar environments.
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