iotation

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Iotation

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History of Proto-Slavic

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• jotation

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta) + English -tion.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /aɪəʊˈteɪʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /aɪoʊˈteɪʃən/

iotation (usually uncountable, plural iotations)

1. (linguistics) A specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant /j/ to form a palatalized consonant.
2. (linguistics) Any similar process occurring in a later Slavic language or elsewhere.

   A form of iotation in the Serbo-Croatian language: s (/s/) + j (/ʲ/) = sj (/sʲ/), which is then superseded into ś (/ɕ/)

• iotated

• yodization
• preiotation
• prejotation