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[tɬ]→[s]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5

Assibilation Delateralization Simplification Uto-Aztecan Na-Dene

Voiceless alveolar lateral affricate to Voiceless alveolar fricative

The shift from a lateral affricate [tɬ] to an alveolar fricative [s] is a process of assibilation and delateralization. This simplification of complex lateral sounds into common sibilants is a common path in lateral weakening systems.

Phonetic Effects

Assibilation, Delateralization

Language Examples

Nahuatl (Dialectal variation) Uto-Aztecan

tɬ→s— Characteristic of Mexican Spanish influences on local dialects where the distinct lateral affricate is replaced by a simple sibilant.

Tlingit Na-Dene

tɬ→s— Historical developments in some branches of the family show the reduction of lateral affricates into simple sibilants.

Related Transformations

Reverse Palatalization Debuccalization

More Assibilation Shifts

[kʲ] → [ts] — Palatalization [k] → [tsʰ] — Fronting [ʎ] → [i] — Vocalization [tʰ] → [ts] — Assibilation [t] → [s] — Assibilation

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