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Palatals is an English word. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Palatals in a sentence

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Palatals | Palatal

Palatals meaning

plural of palatal

Using Palatals

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of palatal

Context around Palatals

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

syllables 1× pie 1×

Often after:

merge 1×

Sentence patterns with Palatals

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

alternate with palatals in various 1× change pie palatals merge with 1× occurred before palatals as in 1× of syllables palatals ch and 1× replaced by palatals ch like 1× vowels after palatals and j 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

at the end 1× diphthongization also occurred 1× for instance in 1× fronting of vowels 1× if necessary impossible 1× in addition as 1×

Common sentence endings:

and southern varieties 1× french and catalan 1× in word formation 1× pie plain velars 1× process n sg 1×

Words around Palatals

Just before it in the word index:

palatalizes 2 palatalized 11 palatalization 17 palatalisation 3 palatal 29 palatable 153

Just after it in the word index:

palate 230 palates 35 palatial 47 palatii 2 palatin 2 palatina 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 aapp 8

Corpus analysis for Palatals

  • In this selection, "palatals" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, syllables, pie and merge stand out and add context to how "palatals" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include alternate with palatals in various and change pie palatals merge with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "palatals" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with palatals

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Diphthongization also occurred before palatals, as in French and Catalan. (10 words)

For instance, in Sanskrit velars (k-like sounds) were replaced by palatals (ch-like sounds) whenever the following vowel was *i or *e. (23 words)

Fronting of vowels after palatals and j yielded dual inflectional class o : jo and a : ja, whereas palatalizations affected stem as a synchronic process (N sg. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

At the end of syllables, palatals ch and nh have merged with alveolars t and n, which, in turn, have also partially merged with velars c and ng in Central and Southern varieties. (33 words)

If necessary, impossible consonant sequences are rectified as in Tocharian A. Consonants The following are the main changes between PIE and Proto-Tocharian: * Centum change: PIE "palatals" merge with PIE "plain velars". (32 words)

In addition, as a result of a process usually termed iotation (or iodization), velars and dentals alternate with palatals in various inflected forms and in word formation. (27 words)

Example sentences (6)

At the end of syllables, palatals ch and nh have merged with alveolars t and n, which, in turn, have also partially merged with velars c and ng in Central and Southern varieties.

Diphthongization also occurred before palatals, as in French and Catalan.

For instance, in Sanskrit velars (k-like sounds) were replaced by palatals (ch-like sounds) whenever the following vowel was *i or *e.

Fronting of vowels after palatals and j yielded dual inflectional class o : jo and a : ja, whereas palatalizations affected stem as a synchronic process (N sg.

If necessary, impossible consonant sequences are rectified as in Tocharian A. Consonants The following are the main changes between PIE and Proto-Tocharian: * Centum change: PIE "palatals" merge with PIE "plain velars".

In addition, as a result of a process usually termed iotation (or iodization), velars and dentals alternate with palatals in various inflected forms and in word formation.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "palatals" in a sentence?
An example: "At the end of syllables, palatals ch and nh have merged with alveolars t and n, which, in turn, have also partially merged with velars c and ng in Central and Southern varieties." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "palatals" from authentic English texts.
What does "palatals" mean?
Palatals means: plural of palatal
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