iotation

English

Alternative forms

• jotation

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta) + English -tion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /aɪəʊˈteɪʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /aɪoʊˈteɪʃən/

Noun

iotation (usually uncountable, plural iotations)

1. (linguistics) A specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant /j/ to form a palatalized consonant.
2. (linguistics) Any similar process occurring in a later Slavic language or elsewhere.

   A form of iotation in the Serbo-Croatian language: s (/s/) + j (/ʲ/) = sj (/sʲ/), which is then superseded into ś (/ɕ/)

Related terms

• yodization

Translations

specific palatalization in Proto-Slavic

• Finnish: jotaatio
• Russian: йота́ция (ru) f (jotácija), йоти́рование (ru) n (jotírovanije)

process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere

• Belarusian: ётава́нне n (jotavánnje)
• Breton: yotaerezh
• Bulgarian: йота́ция f (jotácija)
• Finnish: liudennus (fi), liudentuminen (fi)
• Galician: iotización f
• Italian: iotacismo m
• Kashubian: jotacëjô
• Polish: jotacyzacja f

• Portuguese: iotacismo m
• Russian: йота́ция (ru) f (jotácija), йоти́рование (ru) n (jotírovanije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јотовање n, јотација f

  Roman: jotovanje n, jotacija (sh) f

• Spanish: iotización f, yodización f
• Ukrainian: йотува́ння n (jotuvánnja)