For example, its consonant inventory is a little over half of that in the CV analysis and its vowel inventory is less than a third of the latter.
For each consonant sound, write its consonant sound symbol (Example's consonant sound symbols: KRSZH).
When this little dot is over (or a little to the left, but still on top) of any consonant, the consonant gains the "OH" sound, in addition to its consonant sound.
While we liked two other relatively pricey wines — the dark, spicy 2004 Purple Angel from Montes ($55) and the soft, easygoing 2002 Grial from Apaltagua ($387 — 7 of our top 10 were under $20, including our No. 3 bottle, the spicy, fruity 2003 Odfjell Orzada, which takes its consonant-jammed Norwegian name from its owner, Dan Odfjell.
For the most part, he succeeds in keeping its fruitiness in check - until a word or phrase proves too irresistible, and he starts rolling its consonants and emphatically savouring every syllable.
In a root and pattern system, the basic meaning of the word is expressed by its consonants (the "root"), while a sequence of vowels (the "pattern") interspersed in the consonantal skeleton adds grammatical information or modifies the basic lexical meaning of the root.
Except for a very few cases, the root is fully characterized by its consonants, while the vowel may alternate, a process called ablaut.
The achievement of the alphabet is to analyze the syllable into its underlying consonant and vowel constituents.
The Irish island with its single consonant gave us Aran sweaters and, in Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran, a memorable early documentary.
Of these, /kw/ and /gw/ were probably single labialized velar consonants, not clusters, as they do not make for a heavy syllable; /gw/ occurs only after /n/, so only guesses can be made about its single consonant status.
The sublimely contemplative "Garden of Love's Sleep," with its lusciously consonant sustained string chords, he said, evokes an "Eden from which we will never be expelled," adding that as the father of 5-month-old twins, he appreciated more than ever this ultimate music of repose.
