Graphemes: y
Sound: j
Classes: voiced palatal approximant consonant
Implicit classes: C
Features +voice sonorant
Related rules
Development: Sindarin
s-iu-ju: iu > yː, ju > yːs-medial-j: j > i / C_VDevelopment: Quenya
q-j-w-reduced: aj > e / _a, aj > i / _e, aj > e / _o, ej > i / _a, ej > i / _e, ij > i / _a, ij > i / _e, oj > o / _a, aw > o / _[+syllabic,-back], ew > e / _o, ow > u / _o, aw > a / _[+syllabic,+back]q-intervocalic-j-diphtongized: [+syllabic,+long]j > [-long]ij / _Vq-semivowel-after-vowel: ij > i, uw > u