harmony of vowels
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Vowel harmony — is a type of long distance (see below) assimilatory phonological process involving vowels in some languages. In languages with vowel harmony, there are constraints on what vowels may be found near each other. Explanation Harmony processes are… … Wikipedia
Consonant harmony — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis … Wikipedia
vowel harmony — noun A phonological process involving vowels in some languages, setting constraints on what vowels (e.g. front/back vowels only) may be found near each other and sometimes in the entire word … Wiktionary
Open harmony — Open O pen, a. [AS. open; akin to D. open, OS. opan, G. offan, Icel. opinn, Sw. [ o]ppen, Dan. aaben, and perh. to E. up. Cf. {Up}, and {Ope}.] 1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vowel harmony — noun : a structural feature of some languages (as Finnish and Turkish) whereby the vowels of the language are divided into two or more classes and affixed morphemes have vowels that vary so as to belong to the same class as that of the morpheme… … Useful english dictionary
vowel harmony — Ling. a phonological rule in some languages, as Hungarian and Turkish, requiring that the vowels of a word all share a specified feature, such as front or back articulation, thereby conditioning the form that affixes may take, as in forming the… … Universalium
harmonic sequence of vowels — vowel harmony … Useful english dictionary
Twi — language name=Twi nativename=Twi states=Ghana speakers=15 million familycolor=Niger Congo fam2=Atlantic Congo fam3=Volta Congo fam4=Kwa fam5=Akan languages fam6=Akan iso1=tw|iso2=twi|iso3=twi nation=None. Government sponsored languages of… … Wikipedia
Wagiman language — language name=Wagiman familycolor=Australian region=Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia speakers=10 (2000) fam1=Gunwinyguan iso2=aus iso3=waqWagiman (also spelled Wageman , Wakiman , Wogeman ) is a near extinct indigenous Australian… … Wikipedia
Diacritic — For the academic journal, see Diacritics (journal). The letter a with acute Diacritical marks … Wikipedia
