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Palatalization vs Assibilation - What's the difference?

palatalization | assibilation |

As nouns the difference between palatalization and assibilation

is that 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 while assibilation is (linguistics) a sound change resulting in a sibilant consonant, commonly the final phase of palatalization.

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.

    • assibilation

    English

    (wikipedia assibilation)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (linguistics) A sound change resulting in a sibilant consonant, commonly the final phase of palatalization.

    • See also

    * ("assibilation" on Wikipedia)