sound change

English

Noun

sound change (countable and uncountable, plural sound changes)

1. (phonology) Any process of language change that affects pronunciation (phonetic change) or sound system structures (phonological change).

Translations

language change that affects pronunciation

• Dutch: klankverandering (nl) f
• Finnish: äänteenmuutos, äännemuutos
• Georgian: ბგერითი ცვლილება (bgeriti cvlileba), ფონეტიკური პროცესი (poneṭiḳuri ṗrocesi), ბგერათცვალებადობა (bgeratcvalebadoba)
• German: Lautwandel (de) m
• Hungarian: hangváltozás (hu)
• Polish: proces fonetyczny m
• Portuguese: mudança fonética f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гласовна промена f

  Roman: glasovna promena f

• Spanish: cambio fonético m
• Turkish: ses değişmesi (tr)

See also

• sound law
• yodization