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Assimilation is a phonological process in which a sound becomes more similar to some other sound in its environment.  For example, the alveolar consonant [n] in the middle of the English word 'bonbon' might be pronounced more like the bilabial consonant [m], because it is next to the bilabial sound [b].   
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Assimilation is a phonological process in which a sound becomes more similar to some other sound in its environment.  For example, the [[Alveolar (definition)|alveolar]] consonant [n] in the middle of the English word 'bonbon' might be pronounced more like the [[Bilabial (definition)|bilabial]] consonant [m], because it is next to the bilabial sound [b].   
  
 
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Revision as of 16:59, 20 July 2009

Assimilation is a phonological process in which a sound becomes more similar to some other sound in its environment. For example, the alveolar consonant [n] in the middle of the English word 'bonbon' might be pronounced more like the bilabial consonant [m], because it is next to the bilabial sound [b].

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