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), manifested as a replacement of one speech sound (or, more generally, one phonetic feature) by another, as the complete loss of the affected sound, or by the introduction of a new sound in a place where there previously was none.

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

See also

• sound law