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jotationnounAlternative 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
orthotonesisnounThe 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
jintnounNonstandard 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.]
slavicismnounAn 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
vowelismnounThe 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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