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[-] Savirius@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

See also the Christmas carol "Joy to the world, the Lord is come."

[-] Savirius@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Think of it like a dice roll: You either roll or 6, or you don't, so basically it's 50/50."

[-] Savirius@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Brazilian Portuguese speakers change 't' and 'd' to 'ch' and 'j' respectively before 'i' and 'e' sounds. For example, the word 'de' meaning 'of/from' is pronounced more like 'juh'.

This happened in Japanese too, where the original "ti, tya, tyo" became "chi, cha, cho"! These are all types of palatalisation, which is one of the most common types of sound change across languages.

Savirius

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