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postalveolarization

postalveolarization noun: a sound change whereby a sound becomes postalveolar.

Noun

postalveolarization (uncountable)

  1. A sound change whereby a sound becomes postalveolar.

Origin of postalveolarization

From postalveolar + -ization.

Questions about postalveolarization

What does postalveolarization mean?
Postalveolarization means a sound change whereby a sound becomes postalveolar.
What part of speech is postalveolarization?
Postalveolarization is a noun.

Words near postalveolarization in the dictionary

  1. postalar
  2. postalignment
  3. postally
  4. postally used
  5. postalveolar
  6. postalveolarization
  7. postalveolars
  8. postalveolo-prepalatal
  9. postamble
  10. postambles
  11. postament

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