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glottalizations

glottalizations is the plural 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.

Questions about glottalizations

What is glottalizations the plural of?
Glottalizations is the plural of glottalization.

Words near glottalizations in the dictionary

  1. glottalised
  2. glottalises
  3. glottalising
  4. glottality
  5. glottalization
  6. glottalizations
  7. glottalize
  8. glottalized
  9. glottalizes
  10. glottalizing
  11. glottalling

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