English Explanatory Dictionary

vowel harmony

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

vowel harmony vowel harmonies

Synonyms

harmony of vowels

Related words

back vowel front vowel neutral vowel Turkic: Coordinate terms: back front thick thin hard soft Mongolic: Coordinate terms: back masculine feminine male female yang yin Koreanic: Coordinate terms: heavy light
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