nonpalatalization
UK/ nɒnpælətəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/US/ nɒnpælətəlɪˈzeɪʃən/
nonpalatalization noun: the state or quality of not being palatalized, of not pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth.
Noun
nonpalatalization (countable and uncountable, plural nonpalatalizations)
- The state or quality of not being palatalized, of not pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth.
- The presence or absence of the palatalization is marked by the following vowels (or by one of two special letters, ъ, the 'hard sign', denoting the nonpalatalization, and ь, the soft sign noting the palletization).2012, Martin Neef, Anneke Neijt, Richard Sproat, The Relation of Writing to Spoken Language, page 59
- An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is nonpalatalized.
Forms of nonpalatalization
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Origin of nonpalatalization
From non- + palatalization.
Questions about nonpalatalization
- What does nonpalatalization mean?
- Nonpalatalization means the state or quality of not being palatalized, of not pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth.
- What part of speech is nonpalatalization?
- Nonpalatalization is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nonpalatalization?
- Nonpalatalization is pronounced / nɒnpælətəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nonpalatalization?
- The plural of nonpalatalization is nonpalatalizations.
Words near nonpalatalization in the dictionary
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