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[zʲ]→[dʑ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5

Affrication Palatalization Japonic

Palatalized voiced alveolar fricative to Voiced alveolo-palatal affricate

The affrication of the palatalized voiced alveolar fricative [zʲ] into a voiced alveolo-palatal affricate [dʑ].

Phonetic Effects

Affrication, Palatalization

Language Examples

Japanese Japonic

/z/ before /i/→[dʑ]— Standard allophonic realization where the sibilant affricates in high front environments.

Related Transformations

More Palatalization Shifts

[b] → [bʲ] — Palatalization [dʲ] → [dʒ] — Affrication [d] → [dʲ] — Palatalization [d] → [dʒ] — Palatalization [d] → [dʑ] — Palatalization

Sources & References

Vance, T. J. (2008). The Sounds of Japanese.

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