Ts–ch merger
Template:Short description Template:IPA notice In phonology, the ts–ch merger is the merger of the voiceless alveolar affricate Script error: No such module "IPA". and the voiceless postalveolar affricate Script error: No such module "IPA"..
In Russian, it is the merger of the consonants rendered by letters Che and Tse. If the shift is towards Tse, it is called Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Langx); the shift towards Che is called Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Langx).[1][2]
It is a regular sound change of Lower Sorbian, but not Upper Sorbian, as seen in the difference between Lower Sorbian Script error: No such module "Lang". and Upper Sorbian Script error: No such module "Lang"., both meaning "time".[3]
In Polish the Script error: No such module "IPA". merger is part of a more general dialectal feature called Script error: No such module "Lang". (mazuration), present in many Polish dialects but named after the Masovian dialect.[4]
It also occurs in a few areas of the Chakavian dialect of Serbo-Croatian, known as tsakavism.
The sabesdiker losn feature of Northeastern Yiddish includes the Script error: No such module "IPA". merger.
Greek-speaking people may merge Script error: No such module "IPA". (and Script error: No such module "IPA".) into Script error: No such module "IPA". (and Script error: No such module "IPA".) when speaking foreign languages that contain those sounds.
References
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- ↑ Stanislaw Gogolewski, "Dialectology in Poland, 1873-1997", In: Towards a History of Linguistics in Poland, by E. F. K. Koerner, A. J. Szwedek (eds.) (2001) Template:ISBN, p. 128
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