nonpalatalization

The state or quality of not being palatalized, of not pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth.

The presence or absence of the palatalization is marked by the following vowels (or by one of two special letters, ъ, the 'hard sign', denoting the nonpalatalization, and ь, the soft sign noting the palletization).

An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is nonpalatalized.