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complementary distribution

linguistic phenomenon where some phonemes of a language are found in some cases and others are found in similar but different cases; often indicating sound change and divergent mutual descents
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complementary distribution

Summary

complementary distribution ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (68 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • complementary distribution's subclass of is recorded as phoneme[2].
  • complementary distribution's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05hqjj[3].
  • complementary distribution's facet of is recorded as phonology[4].
  • complementary distribution's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776998772[5].

Why It Matters

complementary distribution ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (68 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

Related Entities

phonology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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