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Dahl's law

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A voicing dissimilation rule in some Northeast Bantu languages.

Examples

“Bantu has been the object of appeal by adherents of Holtzmann's law (q.v.). As to Dahl's law in that group of languages, it has indeed affinities with several IE laws, but seems not unlike Grassmann's to most who quote it.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Dahlberg Borer Newcomer syndrome Dahle Dahlem Dahlen Dahlgren Dahlia

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