palatalization

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UMLAUT 10 By umlaut is meant the modification (palatalization) of an accented vowel through the influence of an or {j} which originally stood in the following syllable.

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  1. A making palatal; a conversion (especially of gutturals) into palatal sounds, as of k into ch, g into j, s into sh. The palatalization of the guttural does not necessitate the e-coloring of the vowel. Amer. Jour. Philol., VII. 238.

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