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glottalisation

glottalisation is the alternative spelling of glottalization.

Meaning of glottalization

Noun

glottalization (countable and uncountable, plural glottalizations)

  1. The act or process of constricting or closing the glottis during the production of a speech sound that normally does not involve such constriction.
    • Examples of glottalization include creaky voice, and the interrupted tones of Vietnamese.
  2. Transformation of a consonant into a glottal stop or fricative.

Forms of glottalisation

pluralglottalisations

Questions about glottalisation

What is glottalisation the alternative spelling of?
Glottalisation is the alternative spelling of glottalization.

Words near glottalisation in the dictionary

  1. glottalic
  2. glottalic airstream
  3. glottalic airstreams
  4. glottalically
  5. glottaling
  6. glottalisation
  7. glottalisations
  8. glottalise
  9. glottalised
  10. glottalises
  11. glottalising

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