i-mutation
Noun
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Noun
i-mutation
- (linguistics) A type of sound change in which a vowel's place of articulation is raised (becomes more close) under the influence of a following /i/, /j/ or similar sound.
- umlaut, i-umlaut (in the context of Germanic languages)
- a-mutation
- u-mutation
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