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

The fulness of the Vocabulary in the Dictionary, and the minuteness of the account of the phonology and accidence in the Grammar, leave nothing to desire.

From English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)