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consonant harmony

consonant harmony noun: a process in linguistics where nonadjacent consonants within a word assimilate to share a specific articulatory or acoustic feature, such as place of articulation, over a distance.

Noun

consonant harmony (countable and uncountable, plural consonant harmonies)

  1. A process in linguistics where nonadjacent consonants within a word assimilate to share a specific articulatory or acoustic feature, such as place of articulation, over a distance.

Forms of consonant harmony

pluralconsonant harmonies

Questions about consonant harmony

What does consonant harmony mean?
Consonant harmony means a process in linguistics where nonadjacent consonants within a word assimilate to share a specific articulatory or acoustic feature, such as place of articulation, over a distance.
What part of speech is consonant harmony?
Consonant harmony is a noun.
What is the plural of consonant harmony?
The plural of consonant harmony is consonant harmonies.

Words near consonant harmony in the dictionary

  1. consonant cluster
  2. consonant clusters
  3. consonant gradation
  4. consonant gradations
  5. consonant harmonies
  6. consonant harmony
  7. consonant rhyme
  8. consonant rhymes
  9. consonant stem
  10. consonant stems
  11. consonantal

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