consonantalize

Verb

(phonetics) To become, or cause to become, (more) consonantal.

Japanese Meaning

（音声学において）子音の性質を持つようになる、またはそのようにする

What is this buttons?

Linguists often consonantalize vowels in certain dialects to reflect historical sound changes.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

言語学者は歴史的な音変化を反映させるために、特定の方言で母音をしばしば子音化する。

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Sense（1）

(phonetics) To become, or cause to become, (more) consonantal.

It is usually defined as a process whereby front vowels consonantalize (palatalize) to the semivowel /j/ when followed by certain other vowels … or whereby back vowels consonantalize (labiovelarize) to the semivowel /w/ …

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consonantalizes

（ present singular third-person ）

consonantalizing

（ participle present ）

consonantalized

（ participle past ）

consonantalized

（ past ）

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