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- adjective linguistics, chiefly UK Having undergone
palatalisation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin')
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Examples
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Phoenix: "not to mention a shift of ń m (where I'm guessing ń is a palatalised n) and ŋ m is incredibly unlikely if not done due to assimilation of a following/preceding labial consonant (or maybe vowel)."
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It was, however, to some degree “palatalised” between e, i and a consonant, or finally after e, i.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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not to mention a shift of ń m (where I'm guessing ń is a palatalised n) and ŋ m is incredibly unlikely if not done due to assimilation of a following/preceding labial consonant (or maybe vowel).
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