sound change

English

Noun

sound change (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
• German: Lautwandel (de) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гласовна промена f

  Roman: glasovna promena f

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

See also

• sound law
• yodization

Further reading

• sound change on Wikipedia.Wikipedia