alternation
linguistic pattern where a morpheme has multiple phonetic realizations
consonant voicing and devoicing
phonetic sound change
apophony
sound change within a word that indicates grammatical information
linguistic Germanisation
change in spelling of loanwords to the rules of the German language
differentiation
development in the speech language where the distinction between two neighboring sounds (more precisely phonemes) is increased
consonant gradation
phonetic phenomenon in Uralic languages
elision
omission of one or more sounds in a word or phrase
dissimilation
linguistic phenomenon where sounds diverge
assimilation
phonological process in linguistics
palatalization
sound change that either results in a palatal or palatalized consonant or a front vowel