[ʒ]→[ɣ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5
Voiced postalveolar fricative to Voiced velar fricative
The shift from the voiced postalveolar fricative [ʒ] to the voiced velar fricative [ɣ] is the voiced counterpart to the [ʃ] to [x] shift, representing a systematic backing of sibilants.
Phonetic Effects
Backing, Retraction
Language Examples
hijo [ʒ] (Early Modern)→hijo [ɣ/x]— The voiced postalveolar fricative [ʒ] retracted and eventually merged with the voiceless velar fricative after devoicing.
Related Transformations
More Backing Shifts
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