vowel harmony

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A phonological process in some languages that sets constraints on which vowels may be found near each other or within a word, such as back vowels or front vowels; sometimes resulting in variant affixes, clitics or similar variations.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Españolarmonía vocálica sinarmonía vocálica

Françaisharmonie vocalique

DeutschSynharmonismus Vokalharmonie

15 more languages

العربيةاِنْسِجَام مُصَوَّتٍ تَوَافُق صَوْتِيّ

Azərbaycan diliahəng qanunu

Danskvokalharmoni

Suomivokaaliharmonia vokaalisointu

Magyarmagánhangzó-harmónia

Italianoarmonia velare armonia vocalica

日本語母音調和

ქართულიხმოვანთა ჰარმონია

한국어모음조화 홀소리어울림

Nederlandsklinkerharmonie vocaalharmonie

Portuguêsharmonia vocálica

Românăarmonie vocalică

Русскийгармония гласных сингармони́зм

Türkçeahenk kaidesi sesli uyumu ünlü benzeşmesiünlü uyumu

Yorùbáàǹkóò fáwẹ̀lì

Examples

“Vowel harmony is an important aspect of Mongolian.”

CEFR level

B2

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

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See also

vowel killer vowel mutation vowel point vowel pointing vowel quantity vowel reduction

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