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Palatalization

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velarnoun(phonetics) A sound articulated at the soft palate.
palatalisationnounNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of palatalization. [(phonology, uncountable) The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not.]
palatalitynoun(phonetics) The quality of being a palatal sound (a sound articulated at the hard palate).
palatizationnounSynonym of palatalization.
palatalismnounPalatal pronunciation.
palatalnoun(phonetics) A palatal consonant.
palatovelarnoun(phonetics) A velar sound articulated further in the mouth at the area of the soft palate; a palatized velar.
linguopalatalnounAlternative spelling of linguo-palatal. [(phonetics) linguo-palatal sound]
pharyngealizationnoun(phonology) The act or process of pharyngealizing.
pharyngalizationnounAlternative form of pharyngealization. [(phonology) The act or process of pharyngealizing.]
postalveolarizationnoun(phonology) A sound change whereby a sound becomes postalveolar.
palatineshipnounThe role or status of a palatine.
palatographynounA technique used to identify which parts of the mouth are used when making a certain sound, by painting a colouring agent on the tongue or roof of a subject's mouth and photographing those areas after the subject has pronounced the sound.
phoneticizationnounThe process or result of phoneticizing.
plosivizationnoun(phonetics) The process of making or becoming plosive.
phonologizationnoun(phonetics) The development of a phonetic feature into a phonemic one.
palmationnoun(uncountable) The quality of being palmate.
phonemicizationnounThe process by which speech sounds are analyzed or reorganized into distinct phonemes within a language; the act, process, or result of phonemicizing.
phonemizationnounThe process of making or becoming phonemic.
phonologisationnounNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of phonologization. [(phonetics) The development of a phonetic feature into a phonemic one.]

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