consonant harmony
consonant harmony · consonant harmonies
A process in linguistics where nonadjacent consonants within a word assimilate to…A process in linguistics where nonadjacent consonants within a word assimilate to share a specific articulatory or acoustic feature, such as place of articulation, over a distance.
» In the formation of Turkish words, both the meetings of vowels and of consonants follow harmony principles.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A process in linguistics where nonadjacent consonants within a word assimilate to share a specific articulatory or acoustic feature, such as place of articulation, over a distance.
Examples
1 sentencesIn the formation of Turkish words, both the meetings of vowels and of consonants follow harmony principles.
Forms
plural: consonant harmonies| Singular | consonant harmony |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable