English Explanatory Dictionary

consonant harmony

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

consonant harmony consonant harmonies
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