vocalic

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The vocalic mutation of initial g in Breton is c’h.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

Consonantal change as a functional process is probably far less common than vocalic modifications, but it is not exactly rare.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

The old ‘Minor Declensions’ had begun to pass over into the vocalic, especially into the i- and a-, declensions in the oldest OHG.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph

Footnote 38: There are changes of accent and vocalic quantity in these forms as well, but the requirements of simplicity force us to neglect them.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

A final w is vocalic, as in 'few.'

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various