Homorganic Consonants - Homorganic Nasal Rule

Homorganic Nasal Rule

A homorganic nasal rule is a case where the point of articulation of the initial sound is assimilated by the last sound in a prefix. An example of this rule is found in Yoruba language, where ba, "hide", becomes mba, "is hiding", while sun, "sleep", becomes nsun, "is sleeping".

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