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[ð]→[j]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 5/5

Lenition Palatalization Consonant Shift Celtic Hellenic Semitic Oceanic

Voiced dental fricative to Voiced palatal approximant

The voiced dental fricative /ð/ can undergo a phonetic transformation to the voiced palatal approximant /j/. This shift is a form of lenition, where a fricative weakens to an approximant, and often involves palatalization, where the point of articulation moves from the dental region to the palatal region. This change is typically conditioned by specific phonetic environments, such as occurring intervocalically or in palatalized contexts.

Phonetic Effects

Lenition, Palatalization

Language Examples

Irish language Celtic

[ðʲ]→[j]— Lenited palatalized 'd' becoming /j/.

Cappadocian Greek Hellenic

[ð]→[j]— Intervocalic /ð/ shifting to /j/, which can then be lost.

Amorite language Semitic

[ð]→[j]— Unattested: Phonetic shift of /ð/ to /j/, sometimes represented by orthographic <G> or <I>.

Vamale language Oceanic

[ð]→[j]— Shift of /ð/ to /j/ or its loss before /i/.

Related Transformations

More Semitic Shifts

[ã] → [õ] — Raising [a] → [∅] — Elision [ʕ] → [a] — Vocalization [ʕ] → [ʔ] — De-pharyngealization [b] → [bʲ] — Palatalization

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