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vowel harmony

vow·el har·mo·ny
V v

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [vou-uh l hahr-muh-nee]
    • /ˈvaʊ əl ˈhɑr mə ni/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [vou-uh l hahr-muh-nee]
    • /ˈvaʊ əl ˈhɑr mə ni/

Definition of vowel harmony words

  • noun vowel harmony a phonological rule in some languages, as Hungarian and Turkish, requiring that the vowels of a word all share a specified feature, such as front or back articulation, thereby conditioning the form that affixes may take, as in forming the Turkish plurals evler “houses” from ev “house” and adamlar “men” from adam “man.”. 1

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Origin of vowel harmony

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900

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Parts of speech for Vowel harmony

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

vowel harmony popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

vowel harmony usage trend in Literature

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