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Noun Concept
Categories: Goidelic languages, Phonology, Brittonic languages, Celtic languages, Linguistics stubs
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infection  affection  vowel affection  vowel mutation
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(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound WordNet 3.0
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(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Affection, in the linguistics of the Celtic languages, is the change in the quality of a vowel under the influence of the vowel of the following final syllable. Wikipedia
Anticipatory metaphony in Celtic languages: e.g. Welsh gair → geiriadur Wikidata
IS A
linguistic process
metaphony
CATEGORY DOMAIN
phonetics
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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infection
Wikipedia
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affection (linguistics)
Wikidata
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affection
Wikidata Alias
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infection, vowel affection, vowel mutation

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