iotation

iotation
A form of palatalization occurring in Slavic languages denoting a non-palatalized consonant mixed with the palatal approximant /ʲ/ to form a palatalized consonant.

A form of iotation in the Serbo-Croatian language: s () + j () = sj (), which is then superseded into ś ()


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