Sounds similar to the English sound spelled with the letter <r> are called rhotics. This post looks at rhotics. Rhotics are named after the Ancient Greek letter ρ (rho). Rhotics vary greatly in their: manner of articulation; and place of articulation. Manner of articulation Different rhotics are produced in different manners: as a trill (repeated…… Continue reading Rhotic consonants
Tag: Dissimilation
Avoiding dissimulation that would create new similarity even closer
I’ve mentioned before a dissimulation affecting the English suffix -al. A regular dissimilation from Latin – Language Miscellany I’ve recently come across an explanation of a further detail of this process. As I reported before: the derivational English suffix -al forms adjectives from nouns and is related historically to the Latin derivational suffix -alis.…… Continue reading Avoiding dissimulation that would create new similarity even closer
Some things I like about Hungarian
Hungarian differs from most European languages in several ways, partly because it is not a member of the Indo-European family of languages. Hungarian is a member of the Ugric branch of the Uralic language family. https://languagemiscellany.com/2024/01/the-uralic-languages/ This post covers some fascinating features of Hungarian: vowel harmony front and back vowels in deictic words possessive word…… Continue reading Some things I like about Hungarian
A regular dissimilation from Latin
The English suffix -al is one of the derivational suffixes that forms adjectives from nouns. It is a non-native suffix, related historically to the Latin derivational suffix -alis. One oddity of this suffix is that it has different form -ar when applied to some words (or bases) containing /l/. An example is lunar. This type…… Continue reading A regular dissimilation from Latin