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
By the end of the first full year of teaching this way, Hurt said 80 percent of her class had aced a phonology test — a rate she hadn’t seen before.
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
In phonology there are also very striking differences, apart from the treatment of the labialized velar qv already mentioned.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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Common Senses: Phon ("Sound")
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The Mother Tongue
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phon (sound)
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