consonantism

noun 2

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noun

1

The consonant system of a language or dialect.

2

The consonants, sequence of consonants, or the quality peculiar to the consonants of a given word or group of words.

Still unexplained are geminate *-ll- in type 4, and the aberrant consonantism in type 3, where the *-r- found in the other forms appears to have been replaced with *-θ-

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