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sound change

process of language change affecting pronunciation or sound system structure
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sound change

Summary

sound change ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (442 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sound change is a type of language change[2].
  • sound change's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sound changes[3].
  • sound change's facet of is recorded as phonetics[4].
  • sound change's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[5].
  • sound change's topic has template is recorded as Template:Sound change[6].
  • sound change's different from is recorded as phonological change[7].
  • sound change's different from is recorded as alternation[8].
  • sound change's studied by is recorded as historical linguistics[9].

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Definition and Type

sound change is a type of language change[2].

Why It Matters

sound change ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (442 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

historical linguistics phonetics

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sound-change_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{sound change}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sound-change}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:Sound change
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → language change
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536756105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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