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ˈsʌn disand·hi
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sandhinoun
the articulatory process whereby the pronunciation of a word or morpheme changes when it is followed immediately by another (especially in fluent speech)
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sandhinoun
A cover term for a wide variety of phonological processes that occur at morpheme or word boundaries, such as the fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of sounds due to neighboring sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words.
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sandhi
Sandhi is a linguistic phenomenon most commonly associated with Sanskrit, in which the pronunciation or spelling of a word changes based on its surrounding words or phrases to aid prosody or grammatical inflection. This can occur either within the word (internal sandhi) or at the word boundary (external sandhi). Similar concepts can also be found in other languages, such as English, French, and Italian.
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Sandhi
Sandhi is a cover term for a wide variety of phonological processes that occur at morpheme or word boundaries. Examples include the fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of sounds due to neighboring sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words. Sandhi occurs particularly prominently in the phonology of Indian languages, hence its name, but many other languages have it.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sandhi in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
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The numerical value of sandhi in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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