vocalic

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But a mere comparison of the brief texts given above will bring out another point in favour of Esperanto—its full vocalic endings.

From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Clark, Walter John

The relations of grammar are thus expressed for the most part by changes of vocalic sound, just as in English the plural of "man" is denoted by a change in the vowel.

From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

A subsidiary but by no means unimportant grammatical process is that of internal vocalic or consonantal change.

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

In Hebrew, as we have seen, vocalic change is of even greater significance than in English.

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

There are also special quantitative processes, like vocalic lengthening or shortening and consonantal doubling, but these may be looked upon as particular sub-types of the process of internal modification.

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