Lojban is designed to be unambiguous in orthography, phonology, morphology, and grammar. Lojban semantics, however, must support the same breadth of human thought as natural languages.
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Phonology
//fəˈnɒləd͡ʒi//
Synonyms for "phonology" (60 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
13 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
142 translations across 102 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- fonologie noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Albanian
1 entries- fonologji noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Arabic
4 entries- اَلتَّصْرِيفُ ٱلصَّوْتِيُّ noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- عِلْمُ ٱلْأَصْوَاتِ ٱللُّغَوِيَّةِ noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- فُونُولُوجِيَّا noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- نُطْقِيَّات noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Armenian
1 entries- հնչույթաբանություն noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Assamese
1 entries- ধ্বনিতত্ত্ব noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Asturian
1 entries- fonoloxía noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- fonologiya noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Bashkir
1 entries- фонология noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Basque
1 entries- fonologia noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Belarusian
1 entries- фанало́гія noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Bengali
1 entries- ধ্বনিতত্ত্ব noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Bikol Central
1 entries- ponolohiya noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Breton
1 entries- fonologiezh noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Bulgarian
1 entries- фоноло́гия noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Burmese
1 entries- ဝါစဿရဗေဒ noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Catalan
1 entries- fonologia noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Cebuano
2 entries- ponolohiya noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- ponolohiya noun (way sounds function within a given language)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- فۆنۆلۆجی noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Chechen
1 entries- фонологи noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 音位學 /音位学 noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- 音系 noun (way sounds function within a given language)
- 音系學 /音系学 noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- 音韻學 /音韵学 noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Chuvash
1 entries- фонологи noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Czech
1 entries- fonologie noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Danish
2 entries- fonologi noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- lydsystem noun (way sounds function within a given language)
Dutch
1 entries- klankleer noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Esperanto
1 entries- fonologio noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Estonian
1 entries- fonoloogia noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Extremaduran
1 entries- fonolohia noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Faroese
1 entries- ljóðskipanarlæra noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Finnish
3 entries- fonologia noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- fonologia noun (way sounds function within a given language)
- fonologia noun (study of the way components of signs function in a sign language; way components of signs function within a given sign language)
French
2 entries- phonologie noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- phonologie noun (way sounds function within a given language)
Friulian
1 entries- fonologjie noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Galician
2 entries- fonoloxía noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- fonoloxía noun (way sounds function within a given language)
Georgian
3 entries- ფონეტიკა noun (way sounds function within a given language)
- ფონოლოგია noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- ფონოლოგია noun (way sounds function within a given language)
German
3 entries- Lautsystem noun (way sounds function within a given language)
- Phonemik noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- Phonologie noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Greek
1 entries- φωνολογία noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- fonoloji noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Hebrew
1 entries- פונולוגיה noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Hindi
2 entries- स्वनिमविज्ञान noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- स्वनिमविज्ञान noun (way sounds function within a given language)
Hungarian
1 entries- fonológia noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Icelandic
1 entries- hljóðkerfisfræði noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Ido
1 entries- fonologio noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Indonesian
1 entries- fonologi noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Interlingua
1 entries- phonologia noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Irish
2 entries- foghareolaíocht noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- fóineolaíocht noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Italian
1 entries- fonologia noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Japanese
1 entries- 音韻論 noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Kannada
1 entries- ಧ್ವನಿಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Kazakh
1 entries- фонология noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Khmer
1 entries- សូរវិទ្យា noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Korean
2 entries- 어음학 noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- 음운론 noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- фонология noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Latin
1 entries- phonologia noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Latvian
1 entries- fonoloģija noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Limburgish
1 entries- fonologie noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Lithuanian
1 entries- fonologija noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Lombard
1 entries- funulugia noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Luganda
1 entries- essomanjatula noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- phonologie noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Macedonian
1 entries- фоноло́гија noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Malay
1 entries- fonologi noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Maltese
1 entries- fonoloġija noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Manx
1 entries- sheeanchoryssaghtys noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Marathi
1 entries- उच्चारशास्त्र noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Mongolian
3 entries- авиалбар судлал noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- авиалбарзүй noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- фонологи noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fonologi noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fonologi noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Occitan
1 entries- fonologia noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Papiamentu
1 entries- fonologia noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Pashto
1 entries- غږپوهنه noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Persian
2 entries- واجشناسی noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- واجشناسی noun (way sounds function within a given language)
Polish
1 entries- fonologia noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Portuguese
2 entries- fonologia noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- fonologia noun (way sounds function within a given language)
Punjabi
2 entries- صوتیات noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- ਧੁਨੀ ਵਿਉਂਤ noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Romanian
1 entries- fonologie noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Romansch
1 entries- fonologia noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Russian
3 entries- фоне́тика noun (way sounds function within a given language)
- фоноло́гия noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- фоноло́гия noun (way sounds function within a given language)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- phonologie noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- fonològija noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- фоноло̀гија noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Shona
1 entries- ruambainzwi noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Sicilian
1 entries- fonoluggìa noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Sindhi
1 entries- وايوڀياسُ noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Slovak
1 entries- fonológia noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Slovene
2 entries- fonologija noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- glasoslovje noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Spanish
2 entries- fonología noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- fonología noun (way sounds function within a given language)
Swahili
2 entries- fonolojia noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- fonolojia noun (way sounds function within a given language)
Swedish
1 entries- fonologi noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Tagalog
4 entries- dalubtinigan noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- ponolohiya noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- tinigan noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- tinigan noun (way sounds function within a given language)
Tajik
2 entries- вожшиносӣ noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- фоноло́гия noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Tamil
1 entries- ஒலியனியல் noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Thai
2 entries- สรวิทยา noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- สัทวิทยา noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Tibetan
1 entries- སྒྲ་སྦྱོར་རིག་པ noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Turkish
2 entries- fonoloji noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- sesbilim noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Ukrainian
1 entries- фоноло́гія noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Urdu
1 entries- صوتیات noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Uzbek
1 entries- fonologiya noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Venetan
1 entries- fonołoxia noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Vietnamese
1 entries- âm vị học noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- ponolohiya noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Welsh
3 entries- ffonoleg noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- ffonoleg noun (way sounds function within a given language)
- ffonoleg noun (study of the way components of signs function in a sign language; way components of signs function within a given sign language)
West-Frisian
3 entries- fonology noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- klanklear noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
- lûdlear noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿאָנאָלאָגיע noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Yoruba
1 entries- fonọ́lọ́jì noun (study of the way sounds function in languages)
Sample sentences
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Knowing the International Phonetic Alphabet as it pertains to English helps understanding the underlying mechanisms of English phonology blanketed by an awkward orthography.
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He is as knowledgeable in Phonology as in Linguistics.
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Grammar is divided into phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
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