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- A '''consonant''' is a unit of [[language (general)|language]], defined in [[phonetics]] a3 KB (444 words) - 03:31, 7 August 2009
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- The '''Second''' or '''High German Consonant Shift''' is a sound change that took place in around AD 500 and which affec The following table illustrates the effect of the Second Consonant Shift (shifts of initial, medial and final p, t, k):968 bytes (145 words) - 10:15, 31 May 2008
- 296 bytes (41 words) - 10:14, 31 May 2008
- 423 bytes (50 words) - 23:30, 25 July 2009
- Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Second Consonant Shift]]. Needs checking by a human.528 bytes (71 words) - 20:16, 11 January 2010
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- ...luence of a preceding or following front vowel or a palatal or palatalized consonant.269 bytes (40 words) - 17:15, 5 June 2008
- ...]] that participated in the [[Second Consonant Shift|Second or High German Consonant Shift]] and which came to form the basis for Modern Standard High German. T573 bytes (91 words) - 19:58, 14 September 2013
- ...did not participate in the [[Second Consonant Shift|Second or High German Consonant Shift]]. The period is demarcated at the beginning by the onset of literacy593 bytes (92 words) - 19:53, 14 September 2013
- ...stressed syllables which are close together starting either with the same consonant or with a vowel.185 bytes (27 words) - 12:36, 15 December 2013
- ...an that participated in the [[Second Consonant Shift|Second or High German Consonant Shift]] and which later came to form the basis of Modern Standard [[German598 bytes (92 words) - 10:37, 15 February 2009
- Dialect dominated by the geographical spread of the High German consonant shift, and the dialect continuum that connects the German with the Dutch la193 bytes (27 words) - 09:27, 12 September 2009
- The '''Second''' or '''High German Consonant Shift''' is a sound change that took place in around AD 500 and which affec The following table illustrates the effect of the Second Consonant Shift (shifts of initial, medial and final p, t, k):968 bytes (145 words) - 10:15, 31 May 2008
- ...xon federation, and which did not participate in the Second or High German Consonant Shift.267 bytes (40 words) - 17:12, 3 June 2008
- ...ogists have traditionally classified most of the [[language]]'s 33 or so [[consonant]]s into 'broad' and 'slender' pairs, i.e. respectively [[velarization|velar ...less stop]] and a liquid.<ref>Ní Chiosáin (1999).</ref> However, under ''[[consonant mutation]]'' (changing consonants according to some rule), other sequences3 KB (437 words) - 00:44, 26 February 2009
- ...southern dialects of German that participated in the Second or High German Consonant Shift and which came to form the basis for Modern Standard High German.267 bytes (40 words) - 17:10, 31 May 2008
- after a consonant: -'''û732 bytes (114 words) - 22:14, 15 October 2016
- {{r|Consonant}}380 bytes (48 words) - 16:09, 1 February 2014
- {{r|Consonant}}400 bytes (50 words) - 07:40, 10 November 2010
- {{r|Consonant}}355 bytes (41 words) - 07:01, 22 December 2008
- {{r|Consonant}}376 bytes (42 words) - 14:39, 20 June 2015
- {{r|Consonant}}426 bytes (50 words) - 23:28, 25 July 2009
- ..., O, U), 19 consonants, and two letters (W and Y) that can act as either a consonant or a vowel, depending on context.431 bytes (72 words) - 10:03, 6 January 2024
- {{r|Second Consonant Shift}}481 bytes (62 words) - 19:10, 11 January 2010
- ...onologists have traditionally classified most of the language's 33 or so [[consonant]]s into 'broad' and 'slender' pairs, i.e. respectively [[velarization|velar ...less stop]] and a liquid.<ref>Ní Chiosáin (1999).</ref> However, under ''[[consonant mutation]]'' (changing consonants according to some rule), other sequences4 KB (656 words) - 09:43, 30 December 2011
- {{r|Consonant}}600 bytes (79 words) - 21:34, 11 January 2010
- {{r|Consonant}}606 bytes (69 words) - 04:07, 15 February 2012
- {{r|Second Consonant Shift}}534 bytes (70 words) - 18:32, 11 January 2010
- ...g''' ''sing'' with '''síngeing''' ''singe'', pronounced *sínjing). A final consonant may have to be doubled in order to keep the stressed vowel short: '''sít'' ...rom '''fâde''', '''fâded''' *fâidid). As with the -'''íng''' form, a final consonant may double in order to keep the stressed vowel short: '''overláp''' become2 KB (359 words) - 15:53, 16 May 2013
- {{r|Second Consonant Shift}}576 bytes (77 words) - 19:10, 11 January 2010
- Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Second Consonant Shift]]. Needs checking by a human.528 bytes (71 words) - 20:16, 11 January 2010
- {{r|Second Consonant Shift}}634 bytes (83 words) - 16:52, 11 January 2010
- {{r|Consonant}}836 bytes (109 words) - 14:41, 14 September 2011
- ...ce of a preceding or following front [[vowel]] or a palatal or palatalized consonant. This is especially likely to occur with the palatal approximant [j] . As ...rticulation under the influence of a front vowel or palatal or palatalized consonant. This process manifests itself in varying degrees. If only the middle of th6 KB (817 words) - 17:14, 5 June 2008
- {{r|Consonant}}782 bytes (94 words) - 03:52, 15 February 2012
- In the past forms of verbs '''d''' sounds like '''t''' if the preceding consonant is also unvoiced: '''loòked''' (*loòkt), '''híssed''' (*híst) - except '''d''' begins consonant clusters: '''Édgbaston, adhêre, crâdle, admít, kídney, dréss, Édsel,2 KB (405 words) - 19:39, 15 May 2013
- {{r|Consonant}}1 KB (129 words) - 13:51, 18 February 2024
- ...atement that ''If an [[English language|English]] word begins with three [[consonant]]s, the first is /s/'' is a typological universal within English, and makes ...nts only, such as [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]].) The above example about consonant clusters in English is also a unidirectional implicational universal, this5 KB (722 words) - 16:35, 12 March 2015
- As with nouns, if the verb ends in "y" and a consonant precedes the "y", change the "y" to "i" and add "es". For example, ...with "t" (consonant) and an "i" (vowel) precedes the "t") double the final consonant and add "ed". Here are some examples:7 KB (1,040 words) - 11:46, 2 February 2023
- A '''glottal stop''' (ʔ) is a kind of [[consonant]] or part of a consonant found in many [[language (general)|languages]], produced by a complete clos3 KB (453 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- ...50, or guess the words and win the puzzle's prize. If the player guesses a consonant that is not on the board, guesses the words incorrectly (including pronunci3 KB (482 words) - 10:22, 25 January 2024
- ...Nasal mutation]'.</ref> Even place-names undergo softening of the initial consonant: for example, the name of the capital city, ''Caerdydd'' ([[Cardiff]]), mut5 KB (675 words) - 11:11, 24 January 2011
- ...e]]s, normally at the beginning of a word, starting either with the same [[consonant]] or with a [[vowel]]. In [[poetry]], the words would normally be in the s1 KB (193 words) - 16:42, 24 February 2015
- ...h the lower lip: compare '''wét''' and '''vét'''. '''w''' is '''u''' as a consonant: the position of the lips is the same: '''wíll, whích, whére, whŷ, wít ...f course be two separate sounds in separate syllables, with the '''w''' as consonant: '''rewård, bewãre'''.6 KB (969 words) - 15:22, 23 January 2015
- ! Consonant ...ure vowel or a diphthong, or a pure vowel or diphthong without a preceding consonant.5 KB (773 words) - 05:01, 11 March 2010
- '''l''' begins consonant clusters: '''élbow, álcohol, ôld, Álfred, Ólga, élk, Élspeth, ållsp ...'''l''', while dark '''l''' is found in final position, or before another consonant. Light '''l''' is pronounced more in the front of the mouth, with the tip6 KB (1,087 words) - 12:21, 4 September 2014
- * In some cases, unstressed /ə/ before a consonant -> /i/ ('helmet' -> 'awmit') * Post-vocalic /l/ -> /u/ before a consonant, or finally ('milk' -> 'miwk')4 KB (588 words) - 11:51, 2 February 2023
- '''f''' begins consonant clusters: '''Áfghan, aflôat, frîght, shíft'''.2 KB (271 words) - 09:37, 12 October 2013
- ...[[syllable]]. The [[alphabet]] contains 44 letters: 14 [[vowel]]s and 26 [[consonant]]s, plus 4 "foreign letters": ''q'', ''w'', ''x'' and ''y''. It also has an1 KB (227 words) - 06:28, 16 October 2008
- {{r|Second Consonant Shift}}2 KB (277 words) - 16:52, 11 January 2010
- ...syllable containing two moras in its ''rhyme'' (the part after the initial consonant-bearing ''onset''), and therefore at least two segments, is 'heavy' and so2 KB (268 words) - 14:40, 20 June 2015
- ...ragment of the ''De analogia'' in the discussion of the double [[Consonant|consonant]].<ref>Sextus Pompeius Festus, ''De Verborum Significatu'' V 108.7–13, ('4 KB (589 words) - 08:30, 26 September 2007
- after a consonant '''ô''' (rhyming with words in -'''ôe'''), apart from '''tŵo''' (-û) an2 KB (387 words) - 12:47, 16 June 2016
- It begins consonant clusters: '''émber, ámbling, ámbry, amnêsty, émpty, Húmphrey, ámple,2 KB (316 words) - 09:54, 16 May 2013
- ...her a rhyme is "correct". In English, it is not considered correct if the consonant (or combination of consonants) with which the rhyming syllables begin is th2 KB (322 words) - 11:58, 24 October 2014
- ...2021. </ref>. Although the spoken languages used by the drummers also had consonant and vowel-based "phonemes", the vowels and consonants proved unnecessary fo5 KB (762 words) - 13:19, 12 June 2021
- ...are'' (with that '''r''' silent in [[British English]] finally or before a consonant: ''ah''). ...tish English|British]] and [[Commonwealth English]], it is silent before a consonant, though it significantly affects the pronunciation of the preceding vowel:8 KB (1,297 words) - 07:16, 10 April 2014
- '''t''' begins consonant clusters: '''cútback, cátkin, chŏrtle, Wéstminster, trêe, stétson, ou Voiced '''th''': '''the'''/'''thê''' ([[schwa]] before a following consonant, '''ê''' before a following vowel), '''thís, thát, thére, thén, òther5 KB (896 words) - 06:40, 18 December 2014
- It begins consonant clusters: '''bréad, ábdicate, abhŏr, abjûre, óblong, ábnegate, breâk2 KB (374 words) - 09:55, 3 June 2016
- Obstruent [[consonant]]s are most typically distinguished by voice, among others. English disting2 KB (348 words) - 06:55, 22 December 2008
- '''p''' begins consonant clusters: '''ápfelstrudel, plús, apnoêa, hypnôsis, hypnótic, présent,2 KB (377 words) - 10:23, 16 May 2013
- ...[[retroflex]] places of articulation as well as large numbers of [[Liquid consonant|liquids]].7 KB (1,038 words) - 12:15, 14 February 2024
- A '''consonant''' is a unit of [[language (general)|language]], defined in [[phonetics]] a3 KB (444 words) - 03:31, 7 August 2009
- '''j''' does not begin consonant clusters, and the only '''jj''' is in '''hàjj''' (which may also be spelt3 KB (465 words) - 13:27, 18 January 2018
- ...nguage]]. Typically, a syllable consists of a [[vowel]] and at least one [[consonant]], though various combinations are possible, including single vowels. The n ...comply with this ''obligatory onset'' rule, except in cases where another consonant is resyllabified to occupy another's onset position as in, ''hab ich'' 'hav18 KB (2,729 words) - 14:12, 18 February 2024
- ...''dead''). Unlike '''i''', it can also be a consonant (also called a semi-consonant), and as such it often begins words. The sound is that of the end of the '6 KB (1,096 words) - 10:09, 19 December 2016
- ...nguage, unless one counts the Cherokee ''w'' a labial instead of a [[Velar consonant|velar]]. ! align="left"|[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]8 KB (1,144 words) - 09:29, 2 August 2023
- ...initial semivowel, sounding like the word '''yoû'''; it can also be a semi-consonant sounding like '''w''', most often after '''q'''. ...m''' (where it is doubled) and '''Uttóxeter''' (where it precedes a double consonant), and regarded as the more correct pronunciation in '''stûpid, nûclear, n9 KB (1,523 words) - 17:07, 15 February 2016
- ...rregular wave, while sonorants such as [[vowel]]s and [[nasality|nasal]] [[consonant]]s are more regular. Obstruents which are [[voicing (linguistics)|voiced]]3 KB (452 words) - 12:18, 8 February 2022
- ...l'': the dark ''l'' appears word-finally (''pal'', ''panel'') and before a consonant (''hold''), ''except'' before [j] (''Italian''); otherwise, clear ''l'' app8 KB (1,140 words) - 00:31, 3 September 2010
- '''v''' occurs after '''s''' to signify a [[whistled consonant]] in words from the [[Shona language]], as in '''[[Masvingo|Masvíngo]]'''3 KB (514 words) - 08:31, 10 August 2016
- '''x''' is itself a consonant cluster, and it begins the following accidental ones: '''xb, xcl, xl, xm, x3 KB (522 words) - 17:37, 28 March 2017
- silent after a vowel, combines to form consonant sounds with preceding consonant -'''h7 KB (1,169 words) - 20:56, 11 May 2017
- ...[[ancient Egypt]], adapting simplified [[hieroglyphics]] to represent the consonant sounds of the Semitic languages. The Phoenician alphabet, one variant of t4 KB (554 words) - 21:47, 15 February 2010
- ...owel. [n], [ŋ] and [m] can be syllabic, usually in interjections. A single consonant only is permitted as the beginning or 'onset' of the syllable; this positio8 KB (1,133 words) - 10:08, 28 February 2024
- '''n''' begins consonant clusters: '''áncestor''' (-ns-), '''cóncrête''' (-ngk-), '''lúnch, ánc3 KB (538 words) - 10:06, 16 May 2013
- ...s redundant, so that the usual '''w''' sound gives way to the '''y''' semi-consonant that begins '''eû''', so '''queûe''' ''line'' = '''Keŵ''' ''Gardens'' =4 KB (583 words) - 19:17, 14 May 2016
- ...ter A'.</ref> <nowiki><B></nowiki>, etc.) as well. Vowels are similar to [[consonant]]s in this regard, but different terminology is used to describe their [[ar ...tic]] to show that the vowel in ''beat'' is actually shorter (and that the consonant [t] is longer): [bi:d] and [biˑtˑ].9 KB (1,366 words) - 08:10, 4 September 2010
- Typically, a dissonant chord (chord with a tension) will 'resolve' to a consonant chord.4 KB (787 words) - 06:42, 9 September 2013
- ...his is accidental and the '''h''' is sounded separately from the preceding consonant; '''h''' is also normally sounded between vowels, as in '''rehëarse, mahó9 KB (1,572 words) - 09:23, 18 July 2017
- ...round AD 500 known as the [[Second Consonant Shift|Second or (High) German Consonant Shift]] that other West-Germanic dialects and languages (including Low Ger The following table illustrates the effect of the Second Consonant Shift (shifts of initial, medial and final p, t, k):15 KB (2,156 words) - 08:39, 2 March 2024
- ...[r̩ː] and ''ĺ'' [ l̩ː], which are pronounced just like ordinary [[syllabic consonant|syllabic]] ''r'' and ''l'', only longer. In several Slavic languages, the acute indicates that a consonant is palatalized.16 KB (2,527 words) - 16:33, 14 February 2014
- ...onant has become devoiced in the singular, will have retained their voiced consonant before the plural ending:10 KB (1,485 words) - 20:37, 15 March 2017
- '''g''' begins consonant clusters: '''glûe, ignŏre''' ('''g''' sounded, cf. '''gnôme''' ''garden'5 KB (869 words) - 12:40, 16 January 2017
- ...''h'''am, Chélten'''h'''am, Twícken'''h'''am''', and almost always after a consonant: see '''[[H]]''' for an alphabetical list of two-letter combinations from ' ...'''w'''ful, bôats'''w'''ain''' (can be written '''bôsun'''), and before a consonant in the next word: k'''nò'''w''', nò'''w''', ye'''w ''tree'' (= '''yoû'''14 KB (2,068 words) - 05:11, 4 October 2017
- ...-'''d''' ('''bánned''' ''ban'' = '''bánd''' ''music''), after an unvoiced consonant -t ('''āsked''' *āskt): ''verb ending'' -'''ed11 KB (1,732 words) - 19:33, 6 July 2017
- ...es]] are often accentuated by 'bending' the pitch upwards towards the more consonant major third and root notes that lie above them. This gesture is characteris6 KB (1,033 words) - 04:04, 16 December 2013
- ...example, learners whose native languages do not allow [[syllable]]-final [[consonant]]s may be more likely to produce forms like [ka] for ''cat'' without exposu6 KB (891 words) - 19:58, 19 October 2011
- ...letion.</ref> [[Phonology|Phonologically]], its 'sounds' consist mainly of consonant-vowel units that cannot be split up, such as ''bu'', ''ni'' and ''ka'', whi6 KB (925 words) - 00:05, 12 January 2013
- ...ive, nine pairs of voiced and unvoiced consonants and four pairs of [[Stop consonant|stops]] <!--{{ref|lunt1952}}-->. ! colspan ="15"| Consonant Phonemes of Macedonian34 KB (4,761 words) - 02:55, 8 October 2013
- ...types: (morpho)phonemic writing systems such as the Roman [[alphabet]]; [[consonant]]al systems (phonemic, but which ignore [[vowel]]s, such as the [[Arabic la8 KB (1,142 words) - 13:48, 18 February 2024
- *Vowel-rich, consonant-rich word *Vowel-consonant patterns in word11 KB (1,491 words) - 10:28, 8 November 2009
- ...ventually evolved into the [[Proto-Canaanite]] alphabet, which used only [[consonant|consonants]] in an [[abjad]] system. Virtually all alphabets have their or6 KB (747 words) - 19:18, 4 October 2023
- ...n a poem sequence, is a word of three morae, since the first of a geminate consonant is a separate mora. [[Matsuo_Bashō|Bashō]], the name of the greatest ''ha7 KB (1,111 words) - 16:55, 4 February 2010
- ...s which participated in the [[Second Consonant Shift|Second or High German Consonant Shift]] (the High German dialects) and northern dialects (Low German dialec15 KB (2,171 words) - 12:58, 18 February 2024
- ...ense, that is, a writing system using a separate symbol for each vowel and consonant alike.<ref name="Blackwell">{{cite book |last= Coulmas|first= Florian|title ...o categories, consonants ("things that sound along") and vowels, where the consonant signs always had to be accompanied by vowel signs to create a pronouncable41 KB (4,965 words) - 19:19, 18 February 2024
- ...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 it15 KB (2,383 words) - 14:30, 13 January 2017
- **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).19 KB (2,978 words) - 06:47, 8 March 2021
- ...round 200 BC by Tolkāppiyar. Its classification of the [[alphabet]] into [[consonant]]s and [[vowel]] was a breakthrough. The historical record of the study of9 KB (1,306 words) - 15:20, 17 May 2015
- ...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'''24 KB (3,611 words) - 16:37, 26 May 2017
- When the [[elision|elided]] consonant was ''n'', it often [[nasalization|nasalized]] the preceding vowel: cf. Lat |+caption | Consonant phonemes of Portuguese42 KB (6,080 words) - 10:09, 28 February 2024
- It’s the hissing '''s''' which begins consonant clusters: '''scãre, askeŵ, scrêam, skì, slîght, småll, snâil, spŷ,8 KB (1,447 words) - 09:55, 8 August 2016
- ...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 [[10 KB (1,367 words) - 12:15, 14 February 2024
- The '''ïr''' sound occurs before a following consonant: '''gïrl, fïrst, bïrth''' ''birthday'' (= '''bërth''' ''ship''), '''gï8 KB (1,392 words) - 09:48, 13 August 2016
- ...g system. For instance, the diacritic called [[shadda]], indicating that a consonant is geminate (doubled), is typical of the [[Arabic alphabet]]: '''ر''' ''(d8 KB (1,135 words) - 14:24, 11 November 2012
- ...'', '''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 noun10 KB (1,559 words) - 00:45, 9 February 2024