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Articulation of a consonant for a longer period of time
In phonetics and phonology, gemination (/ˌdʒɛmɪˈneɪʃən/ ; from Latin geminatio 'doubling', itself from gemini 'twins'), or consonant lengthening, is an
Gemination
Phonological doubling of initial consonants
lengthening (gemination) of the initial consonant in certain contexts. It may also be called word-initial gemination or phonosyntactic consonantal gemination. In
Syntactic_gemination
Medical condition
Tooth gemination, also known as schizodontia, twinning, or double teeth, occurs when a single tooth germ splits during development. Splitting of the tooth
Tooth_gemination
3rd-4th century West Germanic sound change
West Germanic gemination was a sound change that took place in all West Germanic languages around the 3rd or 4th century AD. It affected consonants directly
West_Germanic_gemination
Romance language
mid-high sounds). Italian has contrast between short and long consonants and gemination (doubling) of consonants. The Italian language has developed through a
Italian_language
Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia and Eritrea
brackets. Gemination, the doubling of a consonantal sound, is meaningful in Tigrinya, i.e. it affects the meaning of words. While gemination plays an important
Tigrinya_language
Austronesian language
phonemes. Gemination occurs for various purposes and in various forms in Kelantan-Pattani Malay. At the phonemic level, these geminations are transcribed
Kelantan–Pattani_Malay
Japonic language
words: Gemination of h: When an h is made geminate, it becomes Qp [pp]—for example, oQ- (intensifier) + hesowa "to push" → oQpesowa "to push." Gemination of
Hachijō_language
Alphabet used for writing the Mandaic language
ࡁࡉ࡚ /be/ A dot under a consonant (U+085B ◌࡛ MANDAIC GEMINATION MARK) can be used to note gemination, indicating what native writers call a "hard" pronunciation
Mandaic_alphabet
Area of teeth covered by enamel
Management includes sealants, reshaping, or extraction if necessary. Gemination results from a single tooth attempting to divide. It presents as a bifid
Crown_(tooth)
Consonantal sound
especially intervocalically, but is only rarely contrastive except when gemination is involved. There is no symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet
Creaky-voiced glottal approximant
Creaky-voiced_glottal_approximant
Sounds and pronunciation of the Italian language
in the same prosodic unit. There are two types of triggers of initial gemination: some unstressed particles, prepositions, and other monosyllabic words
Italian_phonology
Ethio-Semitic language
characterized by lack of gemination of the 2nd radical in non-perfect forms. Type B: ፈለገ fällägä, characterized by gemination of the 2nd radical in all
Amharic
Polynesian language spoken in Tuvalu
markers, although there are also negative and imperative derivatives. Vowel gemination can also sometimes illustrate semantic change. Reduplication is one of
Tuvaluan_language
Script used to write the Punjabi language
the sound shift that merged Sanskrit [ʂ] and /kʰ/ to Punjabi /kʰ/); a gemination diacritic, a unique feature among native subcontinental scripts, which
Gurmukhi
Italo-Romance language spoken in Italy
the spelling, it is pronounced with syntactic gemination). In Italian and Finnish, syntactic gemination is not reflected in writing. The conjunctions
Neapolitan_language
Character of the Japanese writing system
identical but somewhat smaller. They are mainly used to indicate consonant gemination and commonly used at the end of lines of dialogue in fictional works as
Tsu_(kana)
Diacritic used in the Hebrew alphabet
regardless of the dagesh's grammatical/orthographic origin, kal or ḥazaq; gemination itself (lengthening of the consonant) is generally not pronounced in any
Dagesh
Comparison of languages
Lao is a Tai language spoken by 7 million people in Laos and 23 million people in northeast Thailand. After the conclusion of the Franco-Siamese conflict
Comparison_of_Lao_and_Isan
Two words that differ in only one element of their pronunciation
same prosodic unit. Sometimes, the phenomenon can create some syntactic-gemination-minimal-pairs: In the example, the graphical accent on dà is just a diacritical
Minimal_pair
Indo-Aryan language
from the central vowels /ə, ɪ, ʊ/. This gemination is less prominent than the literarily regular gemination represented by the diacritics mentioned above
Punjabi_language
Pronunciation of Hejazi Arabic
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For
Hejazi_Arabic_phonology
Medical condition
permanent teeth. Unlike tooth gemination, tooth fusion is more common in the mandibular incisors. Like tooth gemination, tooth fusion is more common in
Tooth_fusion
Phonology and phonetics of Slovene
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For
Slovene_phonology
Verb form with the letter waw in order to change its tense or aspect
When meaning "and the", it is always pronounced as /wa-/, and triggers gemination of the next consonant (marked with a dagesh, or dot in the center of the
Vav-consecutive
Finnic language spoken in South Estonia
'old', kahr 'bear' *nh > n, *lh > l, *rh > r e.g. vana 'old', karu 'bear' Gemination of single consonants before the adjective ending *-eda/*-edä present e
South_Estonian
System of phonetic notation
phrase. These include prosody, pitch, length, stress, intensity, tone and gemination of the sounds of a language, as well as the rhythm and intonation of speech
International Phonetic Alphabet
International_Phonetic_Alphabet
Sound change within a word that indicates grammatical information
of these languages is quite extensive involving vowels and consonant gemination (i.e. doubled consonants). The alternations below are of Modern Standard
Apophony
Inuit varieties spoken in Alaska and the Northwest Territories
by orthography appear as geminates, except for /ŋ, b, ʂ, h, z, ʐ, w/. Gemination is caused by suffixes being added to a consonant, so that the consonant
Iñupiaq_language
Nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
capital S was used in the Icelandic First Grammatical Treatise to mark gemination. : Modifier letter capital S is used as a phonetic and phonemic wildcard
S
Japanese symbol
that Hepburn romanization writes a geminate ch as tch. It denotes the gemination of the initial consonant of the symbol that follows it. Examples: Pocky
Sokuon
Northwest Semitic language
Most Israelis today also merge /ʕ ħ/ with /ʔ χ/, do not have contrastive gemination, and pronounce /r/ with a uvular pronunciation [ʁ̞] rather than an alveolar
Hebrew_language
Berber language of southwestern Morocco
geminates in a stem, and up to three in a word. The role of gemination varies: Gemination also may occur due to phonological assimilation. For example
Shilha_language
Consonantal change
the Sicilian language when the aforementioned semivowel is subjected to gemination. In Yonaguni (Southern Ryukyuan) and Maldivian (Indo-Aryan), it has changed
Fortition
System of sounds of the Finnish language
belongs to one of certain morphological classes. Gemination or a tendency of a morpheme to cause gemination is sometimes indicated with an apostrophe or a
Finnish_phonology
Topics referred to by the same term
refer to: Digraph (orthography)#Homogeneous digraph - a type of digraph Gemination#Double letters that are not long consonants This disambiguation page lists
Double_letter
Arabic-based alphabet for Belarusian
Vowels I and Y (initial اِ) Vowels U and O (initial اُ) No vowel Consonant gemination /a/ is consistently written long (that is, with a mater lectionis), while
Belarusian_Arabic_alphabet
Language of the Yupik family
consonant gemination occurs to increase the weight of that initial syllable, resulting in [('jup)pi.aq]. This process is termed automatic gemination in Jacobson's
Central_Alaskan_Yupʼik
Romance language
sometimes with following consonants, to show which sound is intended. Gemination: Within words, double consonants are generally not pronounced as geminates
French_language
Late Latin riddle from Northern Italy
Literature Music Philosophy Poetry Comics Italophilia Grammar Verb conjugation Alphabet Orthography Braille Phonology Syntactic gemination Tuscan gorgia v t e
Veronese_Riddle
Sounds and writing system of the Sranan Tongo language
f'furu (/'fːu.ɾu/), w'wiri (/'wːi.ɾi/). A more drastic elision with gemination is seen in ferferi → f'feri (/'fːe.ɾi/). For example, school children
Sranan Tongo phonology and orthography
Sranan_Tongo_phonology_and_orthography
English language during the Middle Ages
Vowel Shift, which began during the later Middle English period. Loss of gemination (double consonants came to be pronounced as single ones) Loss of weak
Middle_English
Writing system of the Maldivian language
preceding consonant with a vowel); when it carries a sukun, it indicates gemination (lengthening) of the following consonant (even if the consonant is at
Thaana
Sound system of the French language
('intelligence'). Gemination of doubled ⟨m⟩ and ⟨n⟩ is typical of the Languedoc region as opposed to other southern accents. A few cases of gemination do not correspond
French_phonology
Grammar of the Ingrian language
present in Ingrian, with examples: In nominals and verbs alike, consonant gemination is an active process where a consonant following a light, uneven syllable
Ingrian_grammar
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨p⟩ in IPA
43 (1): 67–74, doi:10.1017/S0025100312000278 Goblirsch, Kurt (2018), Gemination, Lenition, and Vowel Lengthening: On the History of Quantity in Germanic
Voiceless_bilabial_plosive
Variety of Italian
varieties of Italian in northern Italy and San Marino, lacks syntactic gemination. Some examples of Ticinese words that are different from Italian are:
Swiss_Italian
Pronouncing "l" sounds as vowels
Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony Affrication Gemination Clipping Fronting Raising Betacism Iotacism Fusion Merger Compensatory
L-vocalization
Simplification of consonant clusters in certain environments
reduced. A similar occurrence is observed in Portuguese as well, but gemination is absent. Cluster reduction also takes place in Catalan, and in a similar
Cluster_reduction
Phonological system of the Japanese language
nasal, e.g. [mm], [nn] = /Nm/, /Nn/. In the case of non-nasal consonants, gemination is mostly restricted by Japanese phonotactics to the voiceless obstruents
Japanese_phonology
Script used to write the Greek language
Liddell & Scott 1940, s.v. "λάβδα" Newton, B. E. (1968). "Spontaneous gemination in Cypriot Greek". Lingua. 20: 15–57. doi:10.1016/0024-3841(68)90130-7
Greek_alphabet
Fibroma on oral mucosa
hypocalcification Enamel hypoplasia Turner's hypoplasia Enamel pearl Fluorosis Fusion Gemination Hyperdontia Hypodontia Maxillary lateral incisor agenesis Impaction Wisdom
Irritation_fibroma
Character of the Japanese writing system
ke e wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o n Kana modifiers and marks sokuonfu (gemination) yōon (palatalization) chōonpu (vowel lengthener) Iteration marks dakuten/handakuten
Ma_(kana)
Script used for Berber languages
script. The Libyco-Berber script was a pure abjad; it had no vowels. Gemination was not marked. The writing was usually from the bottom to the top, although
Tifinagh
Modifier mark added to a letter
most commonly written in combination with alif, e.g. ـًا. (ــّـ) shadda: Gemination (doubling) of consonants. (ٱ) waṣla: Comes most commonly at the beginning
Diacritic
Phonetic phenomenon
Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony Affrication Gemination Clipping Fronting Raising Betacism Iotacism Fusion Merger Compensatory
Rhinoglottophilia
Form of Japanese spoken from the 12th century through the 16th century
/N/. The final syllables -m, -n, -t before a vowel or a glide underwent gemination and became the consonant clusters -mm-, -nn-, and -tt-. -m > -mm-: samwi
Late_Middle_Japanese
Consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases
In such cases, the terms fortis is sometimes used for aspiration or gemination, whereas lenis is used for single, tenuous, or voiced plosives. However
Plosive
Condition of limited jaw mobility
hypocalcification Enamel hypoplasia Turner's hypoplasia Enamel pearl Fluorosis Fusion Gemination Hyperdontia Hypodontia Maxillary lateral incisor agenesis Impaction Wisdom
Trismus
French linguist (1908–1999)
doctorate after submitting, as is traditional in France, two theses: La gémination consonantique d'origine expressive dans les langues germaniques and La
André_Martinet
Semitic language of Ethiopia
play a role in SBG morphophonology. In most Ethiopian Semitic languages, gemination, that is, consonant lengthening, plays a role in distinguishing words
Chaha_language
South Omotic language spoken primarily by Hamer people in southwestern Ethiopia
/d/, /c/, /k/, /g/, /ɓ/, /ɗ/, /s/, /sh/, /n/, /m/, /l/) Grammatically, gemination occurs when the feminine and plural suffixes /-no/ and /-na/ are added
Hamer_language
Letter of the Latin alphabet
a /t͡s/ or /st/ sound, like the ts in cats or the st in stop, though gemination is seldom present, such as in the Chamalières tablet. The Latin phrase
Tau_gallicum
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨b⟩ in IPA
43 (1): 67–74, doi:10.1017/S0025100312000278 Goblirsch, Kurt (2018), Gemination, Lenition, and Vowel Lengthening: On the History of Quantity in Germanic
Voiced_bilabial_plosive
Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia
The consonants /ɢ, ɢʷ, t͡s, t͡ʃ, j, w, ʒ/, however, have no contrast in gemination. Whenever a suffix containing the [+high] vowel i is added to a stem,
Awngi_language
Very Rare disease involving degeneration of tissues beneath the skin
hypocalcification Enamel hypoplasia Turner's hypoplasia Enamel pearl Fluorosis Fusion Gemination Hyperdontia Hypodontia Maxillary lateral incisor agenesis Impaction Wisdom
Parry–Romberg_syndrome
Pronunciation of a sound with greater muscular effort than normal
distinction is really a result of different muscular tension and not of gemination. Look up tenseness in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Checked and free
Tenseness
Consonant roots in Semitic languages
Modern Hebrew respectively. Modern Hebrew has no gemination; where there was historically gemination, they are reduced to single consonants, with consonants
Semitic_root
Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
but partly predictable. The consonants /t β r l n/ all exhibit phonemic gemination when two identical ones occur between syllables. Linguolabial consonants
Big_Nambas_language
Dialect of Hindustani language
same ruling classes. Modern Khariboli contains some features, such as gemination and pitch accent, which give it a distinctive sound and differentiates
Kauravi_dialect
Arabic script for the Balochi language
pèš پُلّ، کُرت، کُمب /o/ ّ◌ šadd گُٹّ، پُلّ، گَلّ Consonant gemination ٚ◌ gowanďi دَنٚز، کَمٚب، اَمٚب، سیاھݔنٚ Nasal vowel /◌̃/
Balochi_alphabets
Regional varieties of the Italian language
northern varieties lack geminated consonants (see gemination), especially in Veneto. The lack of the gemination standardly found in combinations of prepositions
Regional_Italian
Phonetic transcription system for Iberian languages
ĩ ã ũ õ, etc. Nasalized vowels á ó ę́ ã́ Vowels with stress marker aː oː lː sː mː nː, etc. Long (Vowel Length or Gemination) đ đ̥, etc. Reduced sounds
RFE_Phonetic_Alphabet
Phonology of the Sardinian language
and Sicilian, Sardinian doesn't have a productive process of syntactic gemination since most Latin final consonants have been maintained. Nevertheless,
Sardinian_phonology
Branch of the Indo-European language family
West Germanic gemination of consonants, except r, before /j/. This only occurred in short-stemmed words due to Sievers' law. Gemination of /p/, /t/, /k/
Germanic_languages
Sound changes affecting each other
Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony Affrication Gemination Clipping Fronting Raising Betacism Iotacism Fusion Merger Compensatory
Chain_shift
Herpes simplex virus infection of the lip
hypocalcification Enamel hypoplasia Turner's hypoplasia Enamel pearl Fluorosis Fusion Gemination Hyperdontia Hypodontia Maxillary lateral incisor agenesis Impaction Wisdom
Cold_sore
Reconstructed ancestor of the Afroasiatic language family
suffixes) used for different purposes. Additionally, the importance of verbal gemination and reduplication and the existence of three derivational affixes, especially
Proto-Afroasiatic_language
Group of dialects of Finnish
to the area. The language of Forest Finns lacked the Schwa vowel and gemination, which are used now in the dialect spoken in Rautalampi. Nowadays the
Savo_dialects
Northeast Caucasian language spoken in Dagestan
dialects is /χˤilʲilʲːu/. Gemination is quite a common phonological process in Khwarshi, caused by grammatical processes. Gemination only occurs intervocally
Khwarshi_language
Romance language
Geminated /ʎ/ may also occur. Some analyze intervocalic [r] as the result of gemination of a single rhotic phoneme. This is similar to the common analysis of
Catalan_language
Modern Greek language variety spoken by Greek Cypriots
Cypriot Greek are few and tend to examine very specific phenomena, e.g. gemination, "glide hardening". A general overview of the phonology of Cypriot Greek
Cypriot_Greek
Breakdown of the tooth root to be absorbed by the blood
hypocalcification Enamel hypoplasia Turner's hypoplasia Enamel pearl Fluorosis Fusion Gemination Hyperdontia Hypodontia Maxillary lateral incisor agenesis Impaction Wisdom
Tooth_resorption
Usage of Japanese language conventions to create humor
and devoicing (i.e sa as za or go as ko; see Dakuten and handakuten), gemination (i.e. roku as rokku; see sokuon), vowel lengthening (i.e. ni as nii; see
Japanese_wordplay
Group of dialects of Finnish
Standard Finnish: tulivat 'they came' Lack of syntactic gemination and glottal stop syntactic gemination tule tänne /ˈtule ˈtænːe/ Standard Finnish: tule tänne
South_Karelian_dialects
Loss of the vowel at the beginning of a word
Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony Affrication Gemination Clipping Fronting Raising Betacism Iotacism Fusion Merger Compensatory
Apheresis_(linguistics)
Character of the Japanese writing system
ke e wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o n Kana modifiers and marks sokuonfu (gemination) yōon (palatalization) chōonpu (vowel lengthener) Iteration marks dakuten/handakuten
Mi_(kana)
Historical category of northern European peoples
consonant -z (attested from the late 3rd century), and by the j-consonant gemination (attested from c. 400 BCE); early inscriptions from the West Germanic
Germanic_peoples
phonemic vowel length, however consonants are distinguished based on gemination: па́на /'pana/ "sir (genitive)" vs па́нна /'panːa/ "lady". Ukrainian has
Ukrainian_phonology
Cushitic languages in Ethiopia and Eritrea
vowels, while they lack ejectives, implosives, pharyngeals, consonant gemination, vowel length, and the consonant /ɲ/. Agaw people List of Proto-Agaw reconstructions
Agaw_languages
Sound change affecting Greek vowel length
Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony Affrication Gemination Clipping Fronting Raising Betacism Iotacism Fusion Merger Compensatory
Quantitative_metathesis
Type of sound change at morpheme or syllable boundaries
with Italian in the case of compound words with lexicalised syntactic gemination. External sandhi effects can sometimes become morphologised (apply only
Sandhi
Production of a sound while the velum is lowered
Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony Affrication Gemination Clipping Fronting Raising Betacism Iotacism Fusion Merger Compensatory
Nasalization
Grammar of the Old Irish language
the word, which caused further changes. Aspiration and gemination, causing either gemination of the initial consonant, or the insertion of /h/. The mutations
Old_Irish_grammar
Arabic diacritic marking gemination
Arabic alphabet Dagesh ḥazak, a functionally similar diacritic used to indicate gemination in Biblical Hebrew Versteegh, 1997. The Arabic language. p 56.
Shaddah
Writing systems of northwestern Indian Subcontinent
general avoidance of conjunct glyphs or marking of the Middle Indo-Aryan geminations distinctive of Panjābī. While possessing full sets of consonants, even
Laṇḍā_scripts
Congenital disorder of tongue mobility
hypocalcification Enamel hypoplasia Turner's hypoplasia Enamel pearl Fluorosis Fusion Gemination Hyperdontia Hypodontia Maxillary lateral incisor agenesis Impaction Wisdom
Ankyloglossia
In dentistry, a theory for dentin hypersensitivity
hypocalcification Enamel hypoplasia Turner's hypoplasia Enamel pearl Fluorosis Fusion Gemination Hyperdontia Hypodontia Maxillary lateral incisor agenesis Impaction Wisdom
Hydrodynamic theory (dentistry)
Hydrodynamic_theory_(dentistry)
Group of languages
change must have occurred after the loss of word-final /z/. West Germanic gemination: lengthening of all consonants except /r/ before /j/.; this change must
West_Germanic_languages
Phonetic phenomenon in Tuscan Italian
post-vocalic position (when not blocked by the competing phenomenon of syntactic gemination): /k/ → [h] /t/ → [θ] /p/ → [ɸ] An example: the word identificare ('to
Tuscan_gorgia
GEMINATION
GEMINATION
GEMINATION
GEMINATION
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
Infinite
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Aim; Goal
Female
Spanish
Spanish pet form of Italian/Spanish Marta, MARTITA means "lady, mistress."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a tanner of leather, from Middle English bark(en) ‘to tan’, tree bark having been used as the tanning agent.English : occupational name for a shepherd, Anglo-Norman French bercher (Late Latin berbicarius, from berbex ‘ram’, genitive berbicis). With the change of -ar- to -er- in Middle English, this became indistinguishable from the preceding name.Altered spelling of German Barger or Berger.
Boy/Male
Tamil
The light of Vishnu
Male
English
Short form of English Thomas, THOM means "twin."
Biblical
seeing; prophesying
Girl/Female
Australian, Hebrew
Goodly
Male
Norse
Old Norse name SVADILFARI means "disaster; ill-fated." In mythology, this was the name of a magical stallion belonging to a frost giant.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of Pate 1.
GEMINATION
GEMINATION
GEMINATION
GEMINATION
GEMINATION
n.
A doubling; duplication; repetition.