Pronounceably
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 In a pronounceable manner.
"For many years the world-record holder for the most consonants was the Caucasian language Ubykh […] But it has now been eclipsed by the reigning champion, Xóõ or, more pronounceably, Taa […], which is spoken by about 4,000 people in Botswana and Namibia, and which has somewhere between 84 and 159 consonant phonemes depending on the analysis."
Example
More examples"For many years the world-record holder for the most consonants was the Caucasian language Ubykh […] But it has now been eclipsed by the reigning champion, Xóõ or, more pronounceably, Taa […], which is spoken by about 4,000 people in Botswana and Namibia, and which has somewhere between 84 and 159 consonant phonemes depending on the analysis."
Etymology
From pronounceable + -ly.
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