palatalization

Etymology
or. Earliest instance 1863 ( does already occur in 1862 in W. H. I. Bleek's A comparative grammar of South African languages. Part I. Phonology)

Noun

 * 1)  The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not.
 * The word "nature" is commonly pronounced with a palatalization of the letter t to sound like ch.
 * 1)  An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is palatalized.

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Basque: bustidura
 * Catalan: palatalització
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 腭化, , 腭音化
 * Danish: palatalisering
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Greek: ουρανικοποίηση, ουράνωση
 * Irish: caoile
 * Italian: palatalizzazione
 * Japanese: 口蓋音化
 * Korean:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠩᠨᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢᠯ, ᠲᠠᠩᠨᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢᠬᠤ
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: palatalizacja, zmiękczenie
 * Portuguese: palatalização, palatização
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: palatachadh
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: taflodoli


 * Armenian: ,
 * Catalan: palatalització
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:, palatalisointi
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: პალატალიზაცია
 * German: Palatalisierung
 * Irish: caolú
 * Italian: palatalizzazione
 * Japanese: 口蓋音化
 * Korean:
 * Polish: palatalizacja, zmiękczenie
 * Portuguese: palatalização, palatização
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: palatachadh
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh: taflodoliad