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  • 31Mora (linguistics) — Mora (plural moras or morae) is a unit in phonology that determines syllable weight, which in some languages determines stress or timing. As with many technical linguistic terms, the definition of a mora varies. Perhaps the most succinct working… …

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  • 32Secondary stress — is the weaker of two degrees of stress in the pronunciation of a word; the stronger degree of stress is called primary . The symbol for secondary stress is a short vertical line preceding and at the foot of the stressed syllable: IPA|… …

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  • 33Colloquial Finnish — (suomen puhekieli) is the dialectless colloquial standard of the Finnish language. It is spoken in the Greater Helsinki region, and in urbanized areas in the Tavastian and Central Finland dialectal areas, such as the cities of Jyväskylä, Lahti,… …

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  • 34Clipping (phonetics) — In phonetics, clipping is the process of shortening the articulation of a phonetic segment, usually a vowel. A clipped vowel is pronounced more quickly than an unclipped vowel, and these clipped vowels are often also reduced. In English, clipping …

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  • 35Anglophone pronunciation of foreign languages — The following is a list of common non native pronunciations English speakers make when trying to speak foreign languages. Much of it is due to transfer of phonological rules from English to the new language as well as differences in grammar and… …

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  • 36Old Dutch — For the potato chip company, see Old Dutch Foods. Old Dutch Spoken in the Low Countries Era developed into Middle Dutch by the middle of the 12th century Language family Indo European …

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  • 37Tone sandhi — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis …

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  • 38Syncope (phonetics) — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis …

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  • 39Mexican Spanish — Spanish language …

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  • 40List of phonetics topics — A * Acoustic phonetics * Active articulator * Affricate * Airstream mechanism * Alfred C. Gimson * Allophone * Alveolar approximant * Alveolar consonant * Alveolar ejective fricative * Alveolar ejective * Alveolar flap * Alveolar nasal * Alveolar …

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