vowel harmony
Noun
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Noun
vowel harmony
- (phonology) A phonological process involving vowels in some languages, setting constraints on what vowels (e.g. front/back vowels only) may be found near each other and sometimes in the entire word.
- French: harmonie vocalique
- German: Vokalharmonie, Synharmonismus
- Italian: armonia vocalica, armonia velare
- Portuguese: harmonia vocálica
- Russian: сингармони́зм
- Spanish: armonía vocálica, sinarmonía vocálica
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