ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Iotation

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /aɪəʊˈteɪʃən/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Iotation is a noun meaning (linguistics) Any similar process occurring in a later Slavic language or elsewhere.

Meaning

(linguistics) Any similar process occurring in a later Slavic language or elsewhere.

More Meanings

  1. (linguistics) A specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant /j/ to form a palatalized consonant.

Example Sentences

A form of iotation in the Serbo-Croatian language: s (/s/) + j (/ʲ/) = sj (/sʲ/), which is then superseded into ś (/ɕ/)

Word Forms

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Related dictionary entries include jotation, i-mutation, metatony, orthotonesis, assibilation, tsitacism.

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