Editing Dacian language (section)

===Consonants===
Like many IE stocks, Dacian merged the two series of voiced stops.
# Both '''*d''' and '''*d<sup>h</sup>''' became '''d''',
# Both '''*g''' and '''*g<sup>h</sup>''' became '''g'''
# Both '''*b''' and '''*b<sup>h</sup>''' became '''b'''
# PIE '''*ḱ''' became '''ts'''
# PIE '''*ǵ''' became '''dz'''
# PIE '''*kʷ''' when followed by '''e''', '''i''' became '''t̠ʃ'''. Otherwise became '''k'''. Same fate for PIE cluster '''*kw'''.
# PIE '''*gʷ''' and '''*gʷ<sup>h</sup>''' when followed by '''e''' or '''i''' became '''d̠ʒ'''. Otherwise became '''g'''. Same fate for PIE cluster '''*gw'''
# PIE '''*m''', '''*n''', '''*p''', '''*t''', '''*r''', '''*l''' were preserved.

Note: In the course of the diachronic development of Dacian, a palatalisation of k and g appears to have occurred before front vowels according to the following process{{sfn|Polomé|1982|p={{Page needed|date=October 2021}}}}
* k > {{IPA|[kj] > [tj] > [tʃ] ~ [ts]}} {{angbr|ts}} or {{angbr|tz}} > {{IPA|[s] ~ [z]}} {{angbr|z}}, e.g.: *ker(s)na is reflected by Tierna (Tabula Peutingeriana) Dierna (in inscriptions and Ptolemy), *Tsierna in station Tsiernen[sis], AD 157, Zernae (notitia Dignitatum), (colonia) Zernensis (Ulpian){{sfn|Polomé|1982|p={{Page needed|date=October 2021}}}}
* g > {{IPA|[ɡj] > [dj] > [dz] ~ [z]}} {{angbr|z}}, e.g.: Germisara appears as Γερμιζερα, with the variants Ζερμιζίργα, Ζερμίζιργα{{sfn|Polomé|1982|p={{Page needed|date=October 2021}}}}