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vowel harmony

vowel harmony noun: a phonological process in some languages that sets constraints on which vowels may be found near each other or within a word, such as back vowels or front vowels; sometimes resulting in variant affixes, clitics or similar variations.

Noun

vowel harmony (usually uncountable, plural vowel harmonies)

  1. (usually) A phonological process in some languages that sets constraints on which vowels may be found near each other or within a word, such as back vowels or front vowels; sometimes resulting in variant affixes, clitics or similar variations.
    • Vowel harmony is an important aspect of Mongolian.

vowel harmony meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Nepali and Arabic

vowel harmony in Hindi

phonological process
स्वर सहयोग svar sahyog

vowel harmony in Tamil

phonological process
உயிரொலி இயைபு uyiroli iyaipu

vowel harmony in Nepali

phonological process
स्वरसंगति svarasaṅgati

vowel harmony in Arabic

phonological process
اِنْسِجَام مُصَوَّتٍ insijām muṣawwatin, تَوَافُق صَوْتِيّ tawāfuq ṣawtiyy
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vowel harmony in Persian
هماهنگی واکهای hamâhangi vâke-i
vowel harmony in Vietnamese
hài hòa nguyên âm

Synonyms of vowel harmony

Forms of vowel harmony

pluralvowel harmonies

Questions about vowel harmony

What does vowel harmony mean?
Vowel harmony means a phonological process in some languages that sets constraints on which vowels may be found near each other or within a word, such as back vowels or front vowels; sometimes resulting in variant affixes, clitics or similar variations.
What is vowel harmony in Hindi?
Vowel harmony in Hindi is स्वर सहयोग (svar sahyog). See Vowel harmony meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is vowel harmony?
Vowel harmony is a noun.
What is the plural of vowel harmony?
The plural of vowel harmony is vowel harmonies.

Words near vowel harmony in the dictionary

  1. vowe
  2. vowed
  3. vowedst
  4. vowel
  5. vowel harmonies
  6. vowel harmony
  7. vowel killer
  8. vowel killers
  9. vowel mutation
  10. vowel mutations
  11. vowel point

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