consonant gradation

noun

A type of apophony or mutation of consonants found in Finnic and Sami languages.

Meanings

nounconsonant gradation (countable and uncountable, plural consonant gradations)

plural consonant gradations

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesA type of apophony or mutation of consonants found in Finnic and Sami languages.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 輔音層次變化 /辅音层次变化
  • 輔音層次變化 /辅音层次变化 (fǔyīn céngcì biànhuà)type of apophony found in Finnic and Sami languages
Danish stadieveksling
  • stadievekslingtype of apophony found in Finnic and Sami languages
Dutch medeklinkergradatie
  • medeklinkergradatietype of apophony found in Finnic and Sami languages
Estonian astmevaheldus
  • astmevaheldustype of apophony found in Finnic and Sami languages
Finnish astevaihtelu
  • astevaihtelutype of apophony found in Finnic and Sami languages
German Stufenwechsel
  • Stufenwechseltype of apophony found in Finnic and Sami languages
Hungarian fokváltakozás
  • fokváltakozástype of apophony found in Finnic and Sami languages
Korean 자음계제교체
  • 자음계제교체 (ja'eumgyejegyoche)type of apophony found in Finnic and Sami languages
Polish wymiana stóp
  • wymiana stóptype of apophony found in Finnic and Sami languages
Russian чередова́ние ступе́ней
  • чередова́ние ступе́ней (čeredovánije stupénej)type of apophony found in Finnic and Sami languages
Swedish stadieväxling
  • stadieväxlingtype of apophony found in Finnic and Sami languages
Vietnamese chuyển bậc phụ âm
  • chuyển bậc phụ âmtype of apophony found in Finnic and Sami languages
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Chicago

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