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yotation

/joʊ̯ˈteɪ̯ʃən/

yotation is the alternative form of iotation.

Meaning of iotation

Noun

iotation (usually uncountable, plural iotations)

  1. (usually) A specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant /j/ to form a palatalized consonant.
  2. (usually) Any similar process occurring in a later Slavic language or elsewhere.
    • A form of iotation in the Serbo-Croatian language: s (/s/) + j (/ʲ/) = sj (/sʲ/), which is then superseded into ś (/ɕ/)

Questions about yotation

What is yotation the alternative form of?
Yotation is the alternative form of iotation.
How do you pronounce yotation?
Yotation is pronounced /joʊ̯ˈteɪ̯ʃən/.

Words near yotation in the dictionary

  1. Yost
  2. Yosu
  3. yosuzume
  4. yot
  5. yotated
  6. yotation
  7. yote
  8. yoted
  9. yotes
  10. Yother
  11. Yothers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yotation (page history and authors); iotation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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