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[ts]→[θ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5

Voiceless alveolar affricate to Voiceless dental fricative

The shift from a sibilant affricate [ts] to a dental fricative [θ] is a notable feature of the Castilian Spanish sibilant shift.

Phonetic Effects

Dentalization, Merger

Language Examples

Old Spanish [ts]→Modern Spanish [θ]— The voiceless dental affricate [ts] (represented by 'ç') simplified and shifted to the dental fricative [θ] in northern and central Spain.

Related Transformations

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