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compensatory lengthening

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lengthening of vowel sounds in place of a deleted consonant

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International Phonetic Alphabet

Geoffrey Chaucer

nominative case

grammatical gender

Categories

Historical linguistics Phonology Vowel shifts

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co-articulated consonant

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homorganic consonant

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tenuis consonant

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voiceless palatal lateral affricate

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voiceless retroflex lateral affricate

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alveolar lateral click consonant

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What links here157 pages

Szemerényi's law

final-obstruent devoicing

Ancient Greek noun

Proto-Indo-European phonology

Grand Valley Dani

Old English grammar

Ancient Greek phonology

rhotic consonant