Vowel-harmony Definition

noun

(linguistics) 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.

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Noun

Singular:
vowel-harmony
Plural:
vowel harmonies

Vowel-harmony Sentence Examples

  • Sumerian has a system of vowel harmony strikingly like that seen in all modern agglutinative languages, and it has also vocalic dissimilation similar to that found in modern Finnish and Esthonian.

  • Vocalic harmony is the internal bringing together of vowels of the same class for the sake of greater euphony, while vocalic dissimilation is the deliberate insertion of another class of vowels, in order to prevent the disagreeable monotony arising from too prolonged a vowel harmony.

  • I have n't yet figured the vowel harmony thing.

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Words Starting With

VVOVOW

Words Ending With

YNYONY

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Words Starting With V and Ending With Y

Starts With V & Ends With YStarts With VO & Ends With YStarts With V & Ends With NY

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13 Letter Words13 Letter Words Starting With V13 Letter Words Ending With Y

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