Meaning of consonantism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The consonant system of a language or dialect.
   countable, uncountable
2. The consonants, sequence of consonants, or the quality peculiar to the consonants of a given word or group of words.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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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