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Syllable

A syllable is a basic unit of organization within a sequence of speech sounds, such as within a word. In phonology and studies of languages, syllables are often considered the "building blocks" of words. A syllable usually consists of a nucleus (most often a vowel), which may be preceded by an onset and followed by a coda (collectively margins, which are…

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Etymology

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Syllabification

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Syllable

Nodes171
Edges170
Triples151
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011696
Components1

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Syllable

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related to Antepenult, penult, and ultima · 12
Syllable → Ancient Greek, English, For, In, It, Latin, Mississíppi, Occasionally, Penult, Polish, The, Welsh
related to Crosslinguistic patterns · 12
Syllable → All, Arrernte, Australian, CV, Hawaiian, Hua, Kunjen, Northern Germany, Oykangand, Several, The, WALS
related to Ambisyllabicity · 10
Syllable → Arguments, English, However, In, Phonotactics, Received Pronunciation, Subject, The, There, This
related to Coda · 10
Syllable → At, Examples, Hawaiian, In, In English, Japanese, On, Some, Swahili, The
related to Grouping of components · 8
Syllable → HVD, In, Not, OE, Old English, One, The, There
related to Chinese segmentation · 7
Syllable → In, Initial, May, Medial, Optional, Sinitic, These
related to Etymology · 7
Syllable → Ancient Greek, Anglo-Norman, IPA-label-small, Koine Greek, Latin, Old French, The
related to Syllabification · 7
Syllable → Due, English, In, Japanese, Many, Phonotactic, Syllabification
see also · 7
Syllable → Covers, English, Line, List, Phonotactics, Timing, Vocalese
related to Morphology · 5
Syllable → At, Complex, English, L1, Some

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languages syllables nucleus coda english consonant onset word vowel example rime may consonants also one two words stop many glottal

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Syllableis abasic unit of organization within a sequence of speech sounds0.90text
Syllableis aAnglo-Norman variation of Old French sillabe0.90text
Syllableis afinal syllable.In languages accented on one of the last three syllables0.90text
reduplicationinstance ofSyllables may bear properties such as stress and tone and be subject to operations0.80text
/rj/instance ofmany reconstructions of both Old and Middle Chinese include complex medials0.80text
/ji/instance ofmany reconstructions of both Old and Middle Chinese include complex medials0.80text
/jw/instance ofmany reconstructions of both Old and Middle Chinese include complex medials0.80text
/jwiinstance ofmany reconstructions of both Old and Middle Chinese include complex medials0.80text
catinstance ofrhyming words0.80text
bat are formed by matching both the nucleusinstance ofrhyming words0.80text
codainstance ofrhyming words0.80text
or the entire rimeinstance ofrhyming words0.80text

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