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...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''' become

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...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 th

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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,

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...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, this

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:

A '''glottal stop''' (ʔ) is a kind of [[consonant]] or part of a consonant found in many [[language (general)|languages]], produced by a complete clos

...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 pronunci

...Nasal mutation]'.</ref> Even place-names undergo softening of the initial consonant: for example, the name of the capital city, ''Caerdydd'' ([[Cardiff]]), mut

...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 s

...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'''.

! Consonant ...ure vowel or a diphthong, or a pure vowel or diphthong without a preceding consonant.

'''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 tip