Phonemicity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being phonemic. uncountable

    "Some people doubt the phonemicity of the English sound [ŋ], as in "singing"."

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phonemicness

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"Some people doubt the phonemicity of the English sound [ŋ], as in "singing"."

Etymology

From phonemic + -ity.

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