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In phonetics and phonology, gemination (/ˌdʒɛmɪˈneɪʃən/ ⓘ; from Latin geminatio 'doubling', itself from gemini 'twins'), or consonant lengthening, is an articulation of a consonant for a longer period of time than that of a singleton consonant. It is distinct from stress.
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consonant consonants length long geminated languages vowel also words word vs italian example finnish pronounced short arabic doubled two geminates
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemination | Entity .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(decimal) | ː | 1.00 | infobox |
| Gemination | IPA number | 503 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Gemination | Unicode (hex) | U+02D0 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sicilian | instance of | a few Romance languages | 0.80 | text |
| Neapolitan | instance of | a few Romance languages | 0.80 | text |
| as well as many High Alemannic German dialects | instance of | a few Romance languages | 0.80 | text |
| such as that of Thurgovia | instance of | a few Romance languages | 0.80 | text |
| Kelantan-Pattani Malay | instance of | particularly those found on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula | 0.80 | text |
| Terengganu Malay | instance of | particularly those found on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula | 0.80 | text |
| elle a dit | instance of | Statements | 0.80 | text |
| キット | instance of | Distinction between voiceless gemination and voiced gemination is visible in pairs of words | 0.80 | text |
| in a word like /ʔítt/ 'sleep' is not pronounced like a geminated stop with a long closure duration | instance of | a sequence of two /t/ sounds | 0.80 | text |
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