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apophony

Summary

apophony is a nonconcatenative morphology[1]. apophony draws 303 Wikipedia views per month (nonconcatenative_morphology category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • apophony's instance of is recorded as nonconcatenative morphology[3].
  • apophony is a type of alternation[4].
  • apophony's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[5].
  • apophony's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[6].
  • apophony's different from is recorded as vowel shift[7].

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Definition and Type

apophony's instance of is recorded as nonconcatenative morphology[3]. apophony is a type of alternation[4].

Why It Matters

apophony draws 303 Wikipedia views per month (nonconcatenative_morphology category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] apophony has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] apophony is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → nonconcatenative morphology
    Instance of → —
    Different from → vowel shift
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536005005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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