Consonant gradation
Phonetic phenomenon in Uralic languages / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the phenomenon in the Uralic languages. For other uses, see Consonant mutation.
Consonant gradation is a type of consonant mutation (mostly lenition but also assimilation) found in some Uralic languages, more specifically in the Finnic, Samic and Samoyedic branches. It originally arose as an allophonic alternation between open and closed syllables, but has become grammaticalised due to changes in the syllable structure of the languages affected.
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