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[ʒ]→[dz]Certainty: 2/5Commonality: 2/5

Voiced postalveolar fricative to Voiced alveolar affricate

The voiced postalveolar affricate [dʒ] shifts to the voiced alveolar affricate [dz], representing a change in place of articulation from postalveolar to alveolar. This process is attested in historical sound change and synchronic phonological variation across Slavic and other language families.

Phonetic Effects

Place Change

Language Examples

Slavic languages (historical) Slavic

[dʒ]→[dz]— Historical shift from postalveolar to alveolar affrication in Proto-Slavic evolution, particularly affecting borrowed or innovated sounds.

Polish (borrowing) Slavic

[dʒ]→[dz]— Phonetic realization of [dʒ] as [dz] in loanwords from English or other languages, reflecting native phonological patterns.

Russian (allophonic) Slavic

[dʒ]→[dz]— Dialectal or rapid speech realization where postalveolar affricates are retracted or alveolarized.

Related Transformations

Reverse: retracting

More Slavic Shifts

[a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [dʲ] → [dʒ] — Affrication [d] → [dʑ] — Palatalization [e] → [i] — Vowel Raising [e] → [o] — Backing

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