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Retraction Sinitic

Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative to Voiceless retroflex fricative

The Middle Chinese 禪 (chán) initial [ʑ] was retroflexed to Mandarin [ʂ] (written dzy- in Baxter's system).

Phonetic Effects

Retraction

Language Examples

Mandarin Chinese Sinitic

Middle Chinese 時 dzyi 'time'→shí [ʂɨ]

Middle Chinese 是 dzyeX 'be'→shì [ʂɨ]

Middle Chinese 市 dzyiX 'market'→shì [ʂɨ]

More Sinitic Shifts

[b] → [p] — Voice Loss [d] → [t] — Voice Loss [dz] → [l] — Deaffrication [g] → [k] — Voice Loss [g] → [q] — Retraction

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