[y]→[z]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 2/5

Close front rounded vowel to Voiced alveolar fricative

The transformation of the high front rounded vowel [y] (or the palatal glide [j]) into the voiced alveolar fricative [z] is documented through parallel phonetic shifts and patterns of uniformity within the sibilant class, where sounds move in tandem across the phonetic space.

Phonetic Effects

Assibilation, Parallel Shift, Pattern Uniformity

Language Examples

Indo-Aryan (Historical) Indo-Aryan

Historical [j]→[z]— Assibilation of palatal glides in specific phonetic environments during the development of Middle and Modern Indo-Aryan varieties.

Related Transformations

Voiceless equivalent Inverse: Palatalization

More Indo-Aryan Shifts

[ai] → [e] — Monophthongization [kʰ] → [tʃ] — Palatalization [kʲ] → [ts] — Palatalization [k] → [tsʰ] — Fronting [tʰ] → [ts] — Assibilation

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