consonantal system

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   the system of consonants used in a particular language

   Synonymsconsonant system

   Broaderphonemic system

Questions about consonantal system

What does consonantal system mean?

consonantal system means "the system of consonants used in a particular language".

What is another word for consonantal system?

Close synonyms include consonant system. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is consonantal system a common word?

consonantal system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.