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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

* In some cases, unstressed /&#601;/ before a consonant -> /i/ ('helmet' -> 'awmit') * Post-vocalic /l/ -> /u/ before a consonant, or finally ('milk' -> 'miwk')

'''f''' begins consonant clusters: '''Áfghan, aflôat, frîght, shíft'''.

...[[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 an

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...syllable containing two moras in its ''rhyme'' (the part after the initial consonant-bearing ''onset''), and therefore at least two segments, is 'heavy' and so

...ragment of the ''De analogia'' in the discussion of the double [[Consonant|consonant]].<ref>Sextus Pompeius Festus, ''De Verborum Significatu'' V 108.7–13, ('

after a consonant '''ô''' (rhyming with words in -'''ôe'''), apart from '''tŵo''' (-û) an

It begins consonant clusters: '''émber, ámbling, ámbry, amnêsty, émpty, Húmphrey, ámple,

...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 th

...2021. </ref>. Although the spoken languages used by the drummers also had consonant and vowel-based "phonemes", the vowels and consonants proved unnecessary fo

...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:

'''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, òther

It begins consonant clusters: '''bréad, ábdicate, abhŏr, abjûre, óblong, ábnegate, breâk

Obstruent [[consonant]]s are most typically distinguished by voice, among others. English disting

'''p''' begins consonant clusters: '''ápfelstrudel, plús, apnoêa, hypnôsis, hypnótic, présent,

...[[retroflex]] places of articulation as well as large numbers of [[Liquid consonant|liquids]].

A '''consonant''' is a unit of [[language (general)|language]], defined in [[phonetics]] a

'''j''' does not begin consonant clusters, and the only '''jj''' is in '''hàjj''' (which may also be spelt

...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'' 'hav

...''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 '

...nguage, unless one counts the Cherokee ''w'' a labial instead of a [[Velar consonant|velar]]. ! align="left"|[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]

...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, n

...rregular wave, while sonorants such as [[vowel]]s and [[nasality|nasal]] [[consonant]]s are more regular. Obstruents which are [[voicing (linguistics)|voiced]]

...l'': the dark ''l'' appears word-finally (''pal'', ''panel'') and before a consonant (''hold''), ''except'' before [j] (''Italian''); otherwise, clear ''l'' app

'''v''' occurs after '''s''' to signify a [[whistled consonant]] in words from the [[Shona language]], as in '''[[Masvingo|Masvíngo]]'''

'''x''' is itself a consonant cluster, and it begins the following accidental ones: '''xb, xcl, xl, xm, x

silent after a vowel, combines to form consonant sounds with preceding consonant -'''h

...[[ancient Egypt]], adapting simplified [[hieroglyphics]] to represent the consonant sounds of the Semitic languages. The Phoenician alphabet, one variant of t

...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 positio

'''n''' begins consonant clusters: '''áncestor''' (-ns-), '''cóncrête''' (-ngk-), '''lúnch, ánc