✶Ad. most palatals became sibilants [s] or [z]; [{cçcʰ}|ɟ] > [s|z]

✶Ad. most palatals became sibilants [s] or [z]; [{cçcʰ}|ɟ] > [s|z]
The Primitive Adûnaic c-series became dental with the sole exception of [j]; the voiceless elements in this series all became [s] and the Primitive Adûnaic voiced palatal stop [ɟ] became [z] (SD/418). Tolkien did not indicate when this change occurred, but since he omitted discussion of the separate development of the c-series elsewhere in Lowdham’s Report (excepting [j]), it was probably early. This would mean the later development of the voiceless palatals was probably the same as ✶[s], and the later development of ✶[ɟ] was probably the same as ✶[z].

Reference ✧ SD/418

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Phonetic Rule Elements

[c] > [s] ✧ SD/418 (C > S)
[ç] > [s] ✧ SD/418 (2 > S)
[cʰ] > [s] ✧ SD/418 (Ch > S)
[ɟ] > [z] ✧ SD/418 (J > Z)

Phonetic Rule Examples

culum > sulum c > s ᴹ✶kyulumā > Ad. sulum ✧ SD/419
cʰūla > sūla cʰ > s ᴹ✶hyōlā > Ad. sūla ✧ SD/419