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[z]→[ɕ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Palatalization Sinitic

Voiced alveolar fricative to Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative

Middle Chinese [z] (邪母) was palatalized to [ɕ] before front vowels and glides in Mandarin, merging with the palatalized velar fricative series.

Phonetic Effects

Language Examples

Mandarin Chinese Sinitic

Middle Chinese 邪 zjae 'crooked'→xié [ɕjɛ]

Middle Chinese 徐 zjo 'slow'→xú [ɕy]

Middle Chinese 序 zjoX 'order'→xù [ɕy]

More Palatalization Shifts

[b] → [bʲ] — Palatalization [b] → [p] — Voice Loss [dʲ] → [dʒ] — Affrication [d] → [dʲ] — Palatalization [d] → [dʒ] — Palatalization

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