Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yorkshire assimilation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables: york-shire as-sim-i-la-tion
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of assimilation associated with the English spoken in Yorkshire, England, where a final voiced obstruent preceding an initial voiceless obstruent is devoiced.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does yorkshire assimilation mean?: A kind of assimilation associated with the English spoken in Yorkshire, England, where a final voiced obstruent preceding an initial voiceless obstruent is devoiced.

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