palatalizáció
Palatalizáció is a phonological process found in many languages where a consonant sound is altered to become "softer" or "palatalized." This typically occurs when the consonant is followed by a front vowel, such as i or e, or by the semivowel j. The articulation of the consonant shifts towards the hard palate, the roof of the mouth.
In some languages, palatalization is a systematic and phonemic process, meaning it can change the meaning of
In other languages, palatalization might be an allophonic variation, meaning it occurs predictably in certain phonetic
The phonetic mechanism of palatalization involves raising the middle of the tongue towards the hard palate