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Palatalisation vs Palatalization - What's the difference?

palatalisation | palatalization |

As nouns the difference between palatalisation and palatalization

is that palatalisation is while palatalization is (linguistics|uncountable) the state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not.

palatalisation

English

Noun

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    palatalization

    English

    Noun

  • (linguistics, uncountable) The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not.
    • The word "nature" is commonly pronounced with a palatalization of the letter ''t'' to sound like ''ch''.
  • (linguistics, countable) An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is palatalized.