sound change

English

Noun

sound change (plural sound changes)

(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

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