💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Iotation"
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| jotationnoun | Alternative form of iotation. [(linguistics) A specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant /j/ to form a palatalized consonant.] |
| i-mutationnoun | (linguistics) A type of sound change in which a vowel's place of articulation is raised (becomes more close) under the influence of a following /i/, /j/ or similar sound. |
| metatonynoun | (linguistics) A change in syllabic intonation, typically in Baltic and Slavonic languages |
| orthotonesisnoun | The accentuation of a proclitic or enclitic. |
| assibilationnoun | (phonology) A sound change resulting in a sibilant consonant, commonly the final phase of palatalization. |
| tsitacismnoun | (linguistics) The shift into [tʃ] / [dʒ] or [ts] / [dz] in some Modern Greek dialects, especially but not limited to [c] / [ɟ]. |
| yodizationnoun | (phonetics) The developed pronunciation of a yod, typically as the result of an adjacent sound change. |
| labiodentalizationnoun | (phonetics) A change to a sound that makes it labiodental. |
| umlautnoun | (orthography) The diacritical mark ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel when it indicates a (rounded) front vowel |
| jintnoun | Nonstandard form of joint, reflecting a pronunciation in which /ɔɪ/ has merged with /aɪ/, resulting in the latter. [The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.] |
| slavicismnoun | An attitude, custom, or other feature that is characteristically Slavic. |
| anaphonesisnoun | (phonology) The raising of /e/, /o/ to /i/, /u/ before certain consonantal environments, mainly [ŋ] and /ʎ/, occurring originally in some Tuscan dialects, and thus in Standard Italian. |
| satemisationnoun | (British spelling) Alternative form of satemization. [(Indo-European studies) The sound change by which palatovelars became fricatives and affricates in satem languages.] |
| intervocalizationnoun | (shorthand) The placing of a vowel between the letters of a double consonant |
| vowelismnoun | The use of vowels. |
| slovenismnoun | (usually uncountable) An attitude, custom, or other feature that is characteristic for Slovene people. |
| articulationnoun | (uncountable) The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things. |
| oxianoun | (orthography and typography) An Ancient Greek pitch-marking diacritic: ⟨ ´ ⟩; written atop vowels, it denotes high pitch on short vowels, and rising pitch on long vowels and diphthongs. |
| palatal hooknoun | (orthodontics) A small hook for attaching elastic bands on the internal side of braces fixed to the upper teeth. |
| meillet's lawnoun | (phonology) A Common Slavic accent law, according to which Slavic words have a circumflex on the root vowel (i.e. the first syllable) if that word had a mobile accent paradigm in Proto-Slavic and Proto-Balto-Slavic, regardless of whether the root had the Balto-Slavic acute register. |
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