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vowel harmony

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables
vow-el har-mo-ny
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phonological process in some languages that sets constraints on which vowels may be found near each other or within a word, such as back vowels or front vowels; sometimes resulting in variant affixes, clitics or similar variations.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

vowel harmonies (plural)

Phrases

back vowel front vowel neutral vowel Turkic: Coordinate terms: back Mongolic: Coordinate terms: back Koreanic: Coordinate terms: heavy

Frequently Paired Words

back vowel front vowel neutral vowel Turkic: Coordinate terms: back front thick thin hard

Synonyms

harmony of vowels

Questions

What does vowel harmony mean?
A phonological process in some languages that sets constraints on which vowels may be found near each other or within a word, such as back vowels or front vowels; sometimes resulting in variant affixes, clitics or similar variations.

How to pronounce vowel harmony

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