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...nds '''r''' and '''l''': '''Ándreŵ Leŵis''' does not have the '''y''' semi-consonant in either name. A regular pronunciation 'caméllia', short sound before double consonant, has given way to the rule-breaking '''camêllia''' (which sounds as if it

**J stood for consonant sounds like [dʒ], [ʒ], [x] or [j] (depending on the language). **V stood for consonant sounds like [v], [b], [β] or [f] (depending on the language).

...round 200 BC by Tolkāppiyar. Its classification of the [[alphabet]] into [[consonant]]s and [[vowel]] was a breakthrough. The historical record of the study of

...h and results from increasing literacy. Often it is a matter of sounding a consonant that has traditionally been silent: ...h''', which traditionally echo '''pórridge''', can now be heard with final consonant unvoiced, as always in '''Ípswich'''

When the [[elision|elided]] consonant was ''n'', it often [[nasalization|nasalized]] the preceding vowel: cf. Lat |+caption | Consonant phonemes of Portuguese

It’s the hissing '''s''' which begins consonant clusters: '''scãre, askeŵ, scrêam, skì, slîght, småll, snâil, spŷ,

...tonal language|tonal]]; the tones arose as a reinterpretation of different consonant series in terms of pitch. In terms of morphological complexity, it is an [[

The '''ïr''' sound occurs before a following consonant: '''gïrl, fïrst, bïrth''' ''birthday'' (= '''bërth''' ''ship''), '''gï

...stress, even though one contains only a vowel, and the other a vowel and a consonant. "'' I tried two dictionaries but they didn't give syllable breakdowns.

...g system. For instance, the diacritic called [[shadda]], indicating that a consonant is geminate (doubled), is typical of the [[Arabic alphabet]]: '''ر''' ''(d

...'', '''ch''' and '''sh'''. Nouns with the stem ending in -'''ŷ''' after a consonant replace this ending with -'''íes'''<ref>This does not apply to proper noun

...long-short). A syllable is long if it contains a long vowel or ends with a consonant. If two consosnants occur between two vowels then usually they are regarded

...l-s or genitive-s (i.e. '''''either''''' a voiceless ''-s''-ending after a consonant, as in ''Bates'', '''''or''''' a voiced ''-s''-ending, as in ''Jones'') oth

'''nécessary''': the stressed syllable is before the single consonant

'''c''' begins consonant clusters: '''accépt''' (x sound, while '''accŏrd''' has no cluster, only

*[[Consonant]]

...e'''x'''am'' in the prefix ''ex-'' before a vowel <br>- '''''s''''' before consonant || [ks/ts], [gz/dz], [s], [z] * A nasal consonant such as ''n, m'' can nasalize more or less a previous vowel, at the end of

...stand in small integer ratios (e.g. octave, 2:1; perfect fifths, 3:2) form consonant intervals, and elicit more positive affective responses than pitches whose

...onetic reversal of the lyrics does not produce the correct [[vowel]] and [[consonant]] sounds for the phrase in question. So unless one believes that the messag

...hen avoids an accidental -ss- in '''bús-stóp''', as it does an unfortunate consonant clash in the prefixed word '''mís-hít'''. In '''nô-òne''' and '''prê-