tone sandhi

uncountable

(phonology) The change of tone that occurs in some tonal languages when certain tones are pronounced successively.

Japanese Meaning

隣接する音節間で声調が相互に影響しあい変化する現象 / 音節が連続する中で発生する声調変化

In his fieldwork notes, he documented unpredictable tone sandhi affecting verb forms in the local dialect.

彼はフィールドノートに、現地方言の動詞形に影響を与える予測できない声調交替を記録した。

Sense（1）

(phonology) The change of tone that occurs in some tonal languages when certain tones are pronounced successively.