consonant system
Noun
Meaning
the system of consonants used in a particular language
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Consonants Table of consonants Voiced stops missing The Etruscan consonant system primarily distinguished between aspirated and non-aspirated stops.
Consonants The consonant system is more complicated, and its characteristic features are series of affricate and palatal consonants.
Consonants The consonant system of Catalan is rather conservative, shared with most modern Western Romance languages.
Consonants With approximately 25 phonemes, the German consonant system exhibits an average number of consonants in comparison with other languages.
The Dominic system is a letter-based abbreviation system where the letters comprise the initials of someone's name, while the major system is typically used as a phonetic-based consonant system for either objects, animals, persons, or even words.
The extant Tocharian languages appear to reflect essentially the same consonant system as in Proto-Tocharian, except in a couple of cases: *A new phoneme ṅ /ŋ/ eventually developed.