The Universal Atlas of Phonetic Evolution
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[ʒ]→[tʃ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Voiced postalveolar fricative to Voiceless postalveolar affricate

Affrication and devoicing of the voiced postalveolar fricative [ʒ] to the voiceless postalveolar affricate [tʃ].

Phonetic Effects

Affrication, Devoicing

Language Examples

[ʒ]→[tʃ]— Transition involving the addition of a stop onset and loss of voicing.

Related Transformations

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