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Affrication Retraction Aspiration Sinitic

Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative to Voiceless aspirated retroflex affricate

The Middle Chinese 禪 (chán) initial [ʑ] (Baxter dzy-) became aspirated [ʈʂʰ] in level-tone words in Mandarin, and [ʂ] elsewhere (see zh_palatal_to_sh_retroflex).

Phonetic Effects

Affrication, Retraction

Language Examples

Mandarin Chinese Sinitic

Middle Chinese 常 dzyang 'constant'→cháng [ʈʂʰaŋ]

Middle Chinese 成 dzyeng 'become'→chéng [ʈʂʰɤŋ]

Middle Chinese 城 dzyeng 'city wall'→chéng [ʈʂʰɤŋ]

More Sinitic Shifts

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

Sources & References

https://www.ubcpress.ca/middle-chinese
https://www.cambridge.org/9780521296533

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