consonant harmony

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounconsonant harmony (countable and uncountable, plural consonant harmonies)

plural consonant harmonies

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesA 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.
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