[ts]→[dz]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5
Voiceless alveolar affricate to Voiced alveolar affricate
The shift from the voiceless alveolar affricate [ts] to the voiced alveolar affricate [dz] is a standard form of voicing lenition. It typically occurs in intervocalic positions where the vocal folds begin vibrating during the affricate production.
Phonetic Effects
Voicing, Lenition
Language Examples
ts→[dz]— Regional variation where intervocalic affricates are voiced.
Related Transformations
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