Ts-ch merger
Encyclopedia
In phonology
, the ts-ch merger is the merger of the voiceless alveolar affricate
and the voiceless postalveolar affricate
.
In Russian language
it is the merger of the consonants rendered by letters Che
and Tse
. If the shift is towards Tse, it is called tsokanye (цоканье); the shift towards Che is called chokanye (чоканье).
In Polish language
the cz->c merger is part of a more general dialect
al feature called Mazurzenie
, after the dialect of Mazovia
. It also occurs in a few areas of the Chakavian dialect of Croatian
, known as tsakavism.
The sabesdiker losn
feature of Northeastern Yiddish includes the ch->ts merger.
Phonology
Phonology is, broadly speaking, the subdiscipline of linguistics concerned with the sounds of language. That is, it is the systematic use of sound to encode meaning in any spoken human language, or the field of linguistics studying this use...
, the ts-ch merger is the merger of the voiceless alveolar affricate
Voiceless alveolar affricate
The voiceless alveolar affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The sound is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet with ⟨⟩ or ⟨⟩ . The voiceless alveolar affricate occurs in such languages as German, Cantonese, Italian, Russian, Japanese and Mandarin...
and the voiceless postalveolar affricate
Voiceless postalveolar affricate
The voiceless palato-alveolar affricate or domed postalveolar affricate is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The sound is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet with ⟨⟩ or ⟨⟩...
.
In Russian language
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
it is the merger of the consonants rendered by letters Che
Che (Cyrillic)
Che or Cha is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet.It commonly represents the voiceless postalveolar affricate , like the pronunciation of ⟨ch⟩ in "change"....
and Tse
Tse (Cyrillic)
Tse is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet.It commonly represents the voiceless alveolar affricate , like the pronunciation of ⟨ts⟩ in "cats".In English, Tse is commonly romanized as ⟨ts⟩...
. If the shift is towards Tse, it is called tsokanye (цоканье); the shift towards Che is called chokanye (чоканье).
In Polish language
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
the cz->c merger is part of a more general dialect
Dialect
The term dialect is used in two distinct ways, even by linguists. One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors,...
al feature called Mazurzenie
Mazurzenie
Mazurzenie or mazuration is the replacement or merger of Polish's series of retroflex fricatives and affricates into the alveolar series...
, after the dialect of Mazovia
Mazovia
Mazovia or Masovia is a geographical, historical and cultural region in east-central Poland. It is also a voivodeship in Poland.Its historic capital is Płock, which was the medieval residence of first Dukes of Masovia...
. It also occurs in a few areas of the Chakavian dialect of Croatian
Croatian language
Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
, known as tsakavism.
The sabesdiker losn
Sabesdiker losn
Der sabesdiker-losn is a dialectical feature characteristic of the Northeastern dialect of the Yiddish language , which is the replacement, or merger of the "hushing" consonants ch, sh, with the "hissing" ones, "ts", "s"...
feature of Northeastern Yiddish includes the ch->ts merger.