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Categories: Articles with short description, Phonology, Historical linguistics
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sound law  sound change  historical phonology  Chain-type shift  chain-type shifts
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A law describing sound changes in the history of a language WordNet 3.0
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A law describing sound changes in the history of a language WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A sound change, in historical linguistics, is a change in the pronunciation of a language. Wikipedia
Process of language change affecting pronunciation or sound system structure Wikidata
Any process of language change that affects pronunciation (phonetic change) or sound system structures (phonological change), manifested as a replacement of one speech sound (or, more generally, one phonetic feature) by another, as the complete loss of the affected sound, or by the introduction of a new sound in a place where there previously was none. Wiktionary
Language change that affects pronunciation. Wiktionary (translation)
A rule that describes historical sound change (the change in pronunciation of a sound) in a language. Wiktionary
Rule that describes historical sound change in a language. Wiktionary (translation)
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