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CONSONANTAL SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does consonantal system mean? 

CONSONANTAL SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun CONSONANTAL SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. the system of consonants used in a particular languageplay

  Familiarity information: CONSONANTAL SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONSONANTAL SYSTEM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The system of consonants used in a particular language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

consonant system; consonantal system

Hypernyms ("consonantal system" is a kind of...):

phonemic system (the system of phonemes recognized in a language)


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