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Jotation vs Iotation - What's the difference?

jotation | iotation | Alternative forms |

Iotation is a alternative form of jotation.



As nouns the difference between jotation and iotation

is that jotation is alternative form of iotation while iotation is a specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant /j/ to form a palatalized consonant.

jotation

English

Noun

(en-noun)

    • iotation

    English

    (Iotation)

    Alternative forms

    * jotation

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (linguistics) A specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant to form a palatalized consonant.
  • (linguistics) Any similar process occurring in a later Slavic language or elsewhere.
    • A form of iotation in the Serbo-Croatian language:'' ''s''''' ()