palatalityn.
/ˌpaləˈtalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌpæləˈtælədi/ Phonetics.
The quality of being palatal (palatal adj. 1).
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1864 F. Hall in Lauder's Compend. Tractate 30 A device for preserving the palatality of its g.
1971 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 17 8 The palatality of the first sibilant separated out from the [š] or [ž] as an epenthetic [y].
1999 R. Sampson Nasal Vowel Evol. in Romance v. 130 As it stood before a geminate, the stressed vowel remained short but the palatality of the nasal caused the vowel to front.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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