phonology
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When designing the phonology of the Yautja language, Watkins took into account the aliens’ physiology.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025
"If you think of Sindarin - one of the two main Elvish languages - it's very much based on the phonology and grammar, at points, of Welsh," she said.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2025
“I didn’t realize that there is actually a sequential order in phonology that students should be learning their sounds — biggest to smallest,” Hurt said.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2021
Simlish’s distinctive sounds, which Kauker likens to a Midwestern-Latin hybrid, comprise its phonetics and phonology.
From The Verge • Feb. 7, 2020
These three groups were distinguished from each other by characteristic points of phonology and inflection.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
Vocabulary lists containing phonology
Common Senses: Phon ("Sound")
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The Mother Tongue
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phon (sound)
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