Meaning Of The Word Sonant

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Sonant Meaning

Sonant Definition
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What's The Definition Of Sonant?

sonant in American English
a syllabic consonant
of sound
adjective: sounding; having sound
noun: a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant)

sonant in British English
adjective: denoting a voiced sound capable of forming a syllable or syllable nucleus
noun: a voiced sound belonging to the class of frictionless continuants or nasals (l, r, m, n, ŋ ) considered from the point of view of being a vowel and, in this capacity, able to form a syllable or syllable nucleus

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