allophone

Speech parts

1. allophone - Noun

2. allophone - Adjective

Meaning

(linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme

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A few languages such as Banda have a bilabial flap as the preferred allophone of what is elsewhere a labiodental flap. Source: Internet

Allophonic variation may be conditioned, in which case a certain phoneme is realized as a certain allophone in particular phonological environments, or it may be free in which case it may vary randomly. Source: Internet

Following World War II, Quebec began to receive large waves of allophone immigrants who would acquire French or English, but most commonly the latter. Source: Internet

The "elsewhere" allophone is the one that remains once the conditions for the others are described by phonological rules. Source: Internet

They cannot begin a syllable or be placed between two consonants, and occur most often as an allophone of n before specific consonant phonemes. Source: Internet

When a specific allophone (from a set of allophones that correspond to a phoneme) must be selected in a given context (i. Source: Internet

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