Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Palatelike

👉 Palatine-like is a term used in linguistics and phonology to describe a type of consonant that has been widely accepted as an orthographic feature of the Germanic languages. It refers to consonants with a smooth, rounded shape and a slightly curved or flattened edge, which are characteristic of palatalized vowels. The term was coined by Austrian philologist Karl von Schirach in 1923 to describe the nasal-sounding, bilabial-like, and sometimes pal

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