The Universal Atlas of Phonetic Evolution
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[ts]→[tɕ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5

Voiceless alveolar affricate to Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate

In Mandarin, dental sibilants palatalized before front vowels and glides and merged with palatalized velars into a single alveolo-palatal series (the jiàntuán merger).

Phonetic Effects

Palatalization, Merger

Language Examples

精 MC tsjeng [ts]→jīng [tɕiŋ]— Cantonese zing1 [tsɪŋ] and Hakka tsin keep the dental.
津 MC tsin→jīn [tɕin]

Related Transformations

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