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Sound change and alternation
Sound change and alternation
Alternation (linguistics)
Alternate phonetic realization of a morpheme
Assimilation (phonology)
Phonological process in linguistics
Dissimilation
Linguistic phenomenon where sounds diverge
Elision
Omission of sounds in words or phrases
Epenthesis
Phonological process involving the addition of one or more sounds to a word
Fortition
Consonantal change
Lenition
Consonant sound change
Metathesis (linguistics)
Switching the order of sounds, such as "nuclear" to "nucular" or "ask" to "aks"
Sandhi
Type of sound changes at morpheme or syllable boundaries
Transphonologization