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Type of constrained writing found in Chinese literature
A one-syllable article (Chinese: 同音文章; pinyin: Tóngyīn wénzhāng) is a type of constrained writing found in Chinese literature. It takes advantage of the
One-syllable_article
Phrase intentionally difficult to articulate properly
a tongue twister in English as well as a finger-fumbler in ASL. One-syllable article is a form of Mandarin Chinese tongue twister, written in Classical
Tongue_twister
Unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds
which may refer to any word of more than one syllable. Look up syllable in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Syllable is an Anglo-Norman variation of Old French
Syllable
This is a list of candidates for the longest English word of one syllable, i.e. monosyllables with the most letters. A list of 9,123 English monosyllables
List of the longest English words with one syllable
List_of_the_longest_English_words_with_one_syllable
Use of pitch to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning
mǎ ma/ Translation: 'Is mom scolding the horse's hemp?' See also one-syllable article. A well-known tongue-twister in Standard Thai is: ไหมใหม่ไหม้มั้ย
Tone_(linguistics)
Chinese one-syllable poem
syllables. Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den is an example of a one-syllable article, a form of constrained writing possible in tonal languages such as
Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den
Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den
Literary technique in which the writer is forced to follow a given rule
Carey's book True History of the Kelly Gang, which features no commas. One-syllable article, a form unique to Chinese literature, using homophonic characters
Constrained_writing
tones, and each syllable has one. In addition to the four main tones, there is a neutral tone that appears on weak syllables. This article uses the International
Standard_Chinese_phonology
Rhythmic division of time in spoken language
languages are proposed to broadly fall into one of two categories based on rhythm or timing: syllable-timed or stress-timed languages (or, in some analyses
Isochrony
Poetic meter consisting of six feet
syllables, written – ᴗ ᴗ) or a spondee (two long syllables, written – –). The last foot contains either a spondee or a long syllable followed by one short
Dactylic_hexameter
Neil Armstrong's words on landing on the Moon
voice-operated key or VOX. In a helmet you find you lose a lot of syllables. Sometimes a short syllable like 'a' might not be transmitted. However, when I listen
One_small_step
Linguistic concept
as CVV. A syllable with a branching rime is a closed syllable, that is, one with a coda (one or more consonants at the end of the syllable); this type
Syllable_weight
Theoretical smallest unit of timing
discussion): A syllable onset (the first consonant or consonants of the syllable) does not represent any mora. The syllable nucleus represents one mora in the
Mora_(linguistics)
Metrical foot
term referred to one of the feet of the quantitative meter of classical Greek prosody: a short syllable followed by a long syllable (as in καλή (kalḗ)
Iamb_(poetry)
that humans process language one word at a time Gradient well-formedness Grammaticality Longest words One-syllable article, Chinese phonological ambiguity
List of linguistic example sentences
List_of_linguistic_example_sentences
Reduced syllable followed by a full tonic or stressed syllable
minor syllable, presyllable, or sesquisyllable, is a reduced (minor) syllable followed by a full tonic or stressed syllable. The minor syllable may be
Minor_syllable
Sound in spoken language, articulated with an open vocal tract
variation such as tone, intonation and stress. The nucleus, or "center", of a syllable typically consists of a vowel sound (though this is not always the case)
Vowel
Linguistic emphasis on syllables or words
stress or accent is the relative emphasis or prominence given to a certain syllable in a word or to a certain word in a phrase or sentence. That emphasis is
Stress_(linguistics)
Musical pitch reference system
do, where the syllables are always tied to specific pitches (e.g., "do" is always "C-natural") and 2) movable do, where the syllables are assigned to
Solfège
Japanese language feature
('accent') in most Japanese dialects. The nature and location of the accented syllable for a given word may vary between dialects. For instance, the word for
Japanese_pitch_accent
Phonological process involving the addition of one or more sounds to a word
ἐπένθεσις) is the addition of one or more sounds to a word, especially in the first syllable (prothesis), the last syllable (paragoge), or between two syllabic
Epenthesis
Phonetic phenomenon in Uralic languages
allophonic alternation between open and closed syllables, but has become grammaticalised due to changes in the syllable structure of the languages affected. The
Consonant_gradation
English words "the", "a(n)", and sometimes "some"
writers use an before a word beginning with the sound /h/ in an unstressed syllable: an historical novel, an hotel. However, this usage is now less common
English_articles
Jola language of the Casamance region of Senegal
seventeen singleton consonants. Bandial allows five types of syllables and the following syllable combinations Bandial is often written in the Latin alphabet
Bandial_language
Obfuscation of language for fun and secrecy
Bicycle, and Allspråket [sv] all work by inserting a code syllable before the vowel in each syllable. Therefore, these could be classified in the Gibberish
Language_game
Romanization scheme for Standard Chinese
In pinyin, each Chinese syllable is spelled in terms of an optional initial and a final, each of which is represented by one or more letters. Initials
Pinyin
Syllable-based writing system
made up of consonant-vowel (CV) syllables. The syllables are written as letters in a straight line, where each syllable is either a letter that represents
Abugida
Sacred sound in Indian religions
ISO 15919: Ōṁ) is a polysemous symbol representing a sacred sound, seed syllable, mantra, and invocation in Hinduism as well as in other Indian religions
Om
Austroasiatic language
consist of either one or two syllables. In most native disyllabic words, the first syllable is a minor (fully unstressed) syllable. Such words have been
Khmer_language
Metre in early Roman poetry
derive the verse from a Greek model, in which syllable weight or the arrangement of light and heavy syllables was the governing principle. Scholars today
Saturnian_(poetry)
Metrical foot
(/ˈtroʊkiː/ TROH-kee) is a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one, in qualitative meter, as found in English, and in modern
Trochee
Latin script for the Vietnamese language
words that are written with one letter ⟨y⟩ alone (diacritics can still be added, as in ⟨ý⟩, ⟨ỷ⟩), at the beginning of a syllable when followed by ⟨ê⟩ (as
Vietnamese_alphabet
Line consisting of four iambic feet
|| x – u – | x – u – | ("x" is a syllable that can be long or short, "–" is a long syllable, and "u" is a short one.) In the poetry of modern English
Iambic_tetrameter
Table of syllables used in Palladius cyrillization of Chinese
This article is a complete listing of syllables used in the Palladius system for the cyrillization of Standard Chinese. Each syllable in a cell is composed
Table of syllables in Palladius system
Table_of_syllables_in_Palladius_system
Repetition of consonant sounds in literature
Alliteration is the repetition of syllable-initial consonant sounds between nearby words, or of syllable-initial vowels if the syllables in question do not start
Alliteration
Linguistic model for phonological analysis
(1993), which stated "underlying segments must be parsed into syllable structure" and "syllable positions must be filled with underlying segments", respectively
Optimality_theory
Phonology of the Lithuanian language
centralization. Only one syllable in the word bears the accent, but exactly which syllable is often unpredictable. Accented syllables are marked with either
Lithuanian_phonology
Season of television series
The twentieth season of the One Piece anime television series is produced by Toei Animation and directed by Tatsuya Nagamine, Satoshi Itō and Yasunori
One_Piece_season_20
Surname list
Kun, is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, an element in some two-syllable names, and a historical Korean unit of measurement
Geun
Language that uses pitch changes for accent
to mark only one syllable in a word as accented, not specify the tone of every syllable. This feature of having only one prominent syllable in a word or
Pitch-accent_language
Archaic form of the Hebrew language
syllables, /u/ in closed syllables). /o/ contrasts only stressed final syllables. lengthening occurs in some open one syllable away from the stress and
Biblical_Hebrew
One of the seven primary chakras according to Hinduism
four-petaled lotus with a yellow square at its center. Each petal has one of the Sanskrit syllables वं vaṃ, शं śaṃ, षं ṣaṃ, and सं saṃ written on it in gold, representing
Muladhara
Proto-Indo-European language sound law
followed a heavy syllable (a syllable with a diphthong or long vowel, or ending in more than one consonant), but *y would follow a light syllable (a short vowel
Sievers's_law
Writing systems for indigenous North American languages
vowels alone, are usually called "syllables". They may be phonemic rather than morphophonemic syllables. That is, when one morpheme (word element) ends in
Canadian_Aboriginal_syllabics
Phonetic phenomenon
practically exclusively in unstressed syllables, and conversely, most (though not all) unstressed syllables contain one of these sounds. These are known as
Stress and vowel reduction in English
Stress_and_vowel_reduction_in_English
Phonology of the Maori language
inventory being one of the smallest in the world, with considerable variation in realisation. Māori retains the Proto-Polynesian syllable structure: (C)V(V(V))
Māori_phonology
Name list
also spelled Joo or Chu, is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as a common element in two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs
Ju_(Korean_given_name)
Sound system of the French language
word-final and word-initial consonants may be moved across a syllable boundary, with syllables crossing word boundaries. An example of the above is this:
French_phonology
Hausa-language sound law
that consonant within a syllable, namely shifting it from the end of one syllable to the beginning of the following syllable, the law no longer applied
Klingenheben's_law
Sounds and pronunciation of the Welsh language
words are considered to be of one syllable only. As is usual with words beginning with a consonant, the definite article has the form y, for example y
Welsh_phonology
Buddhist mantra
hūm̐ (Sanskrit: ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ, IPA: [õːː mɐɳɪ pɐdmeː ɦũː]) is the six-syllabled Sanskrit mantra particularly associated with the four-armed Shadakshari
Om_mani_padme_hum
System of phonetic notation
sounds in spoken (oral) language: phones, intonation and the separation of syllables. To represent additional qualities of speech – such as tooth gnashing
International Phonetic Alphabet
International_Phonetic_Alphabet
Name list
(Korean: 호) is a Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in two-syllable Korean given names. As a family name, Ho may be
Ho_(Korean_name)
Hindu mantra
simply Dvadasakshari, meaning the "twelve-syllable" mantra, dedicated to Vishnu or Krishna. Bhagavatism, one of the traditions that was assimilated with
Om_Namo_Bhagavate_Vāsudevāya
United States. The first syllable of Juche, "ju", means the man; the second syllable, "che", means body of oneself. Article 3 of the Socialist Constitution
Propaganda_in_North_Korea
Phonology of the English language
Among other things, most dialects have vowel reduction in unstressed syllables and a complex set of phonological features that distinguish fortis and
English_phonology
Alphabet and spelling
In the following table and in the remainder of this article, the phrase "at the end of a syllable" can be understood as "before a consonant, or at the
Portuguese_orthography
Proto-Germanic sound law
difference between *patḗr and *bʰrā́tēr was therefore one of second-syllable versus first-syllable stress (compare Sanskrit pitā́ versus bhrā́tā). The *werþaną :
Verner's_law
Eighth letter of the Latin alphabet
rather than a to be used as the indefinite article before a word beginning with /h/ in an unstressed syllable, as in "an historian", but the use of a is
H
Constructed language
to the final syllable of the corresponding article or the word itself. In speech, this is indicated by repeating the vowel of the syllable, with a glottal
Solresol
Vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all
singing or scatting is vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all. In scat singing, the singer improvises melodies
Scat_singing
Sound change
to the second syllable, and the first vowel may be shortened, reduced, or dropped, which can mean the loss of the entire first syllable of a word. These
Initial_dropping
Group of consonants without a vowel in between
that occur within one syllable. Others claim that the concept is more useful when it includes consonant sequences across syllable boundaries. According
Consonant_cluster
Written set of symbols for syllables or moras of spoken words
languages, a syllabary is a set of written symbols that represent the syllables or (more frequently) morae which make up words. A symbol in a syllabary
Syllabary
Twenty-fifth letter of the Latin alphabet
closed syllable without stress and with stress as in myth, system, gymnastics in a closed syllable under stress as in typical, lyric in an open syllable without
Y
Name list
of two single-syllable Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja, Ha-neul is an indigenous Korean name: a single two-syllable word meaning "sky"
Ha-neul
Movement to teach "correct" Cantonese pronunciation in Hong Kong
four syllable-final consonants: [-ŋ], [-n], [-k], and [-t]. After conducting original research on the pronunciation of words containing these syllable-final
Proper Cantonese pronunciation
Proper_Cantonese_pronunciation
Combination of two adjacent vowel sounds
diphthongs, one in every syllable. Diphthongs contrast with monophthongs, where the tongue or other speech organs do not move and the syllable contains only
Diphthong
Polynesian language
always falls on one of the final three syllables of a word, and relies on the distinction between heavy and light syllables. Syllables with diphthongs
Tahitian_language
Abugida used for writing Burmese
virtually any written syllable that is not the final syllable of a word can be pronounced with the vowel [ə] (with no tone and no syllable-final [-ʔ] or [-ɰ̃])
Burmese_alphabet
Linguistic phenomenon
phenomenon where consonants become attached to vowels in a syllable different than the one from which they originally came. This can even occur across
Resyllabification
Chinese pronunciation of the English alphabet
differently because they have been adapted to the phonetics (i.e. the syllable structure) of the Chinese language. The knowledge of this spelling may
Chinese respelling of the English alphabet
Chinese_respelling_of_the_English_alphabet
Japanese syllabary
some exceptions. If the first two syllables of a word consist of one syllable without a dakuten and the same syllable with a dakuten, the same hiragana
Hiragana
Abugida used to write the Lepcha language
Lepcha people to write the Lepcha language. Unusually for an abugida, syllable-final consonants are written as diacritics. Lepcha is derived from the
Lepcha_script
Official language of the country of Georgia
primarily by greater syllable duration and intensity of the initial syllable of a word. Georgian vowels in non-initial syllables are pronounced with a
Georgian_language
Latin letter E with acute accent
occasionally as a pronunciation aid in poetry, to indicate stress on an unusual syllable. Languages may use é to indicate a certain sound (French), stress pattern
É
Spoken alphabet for radio communication
the post-1959 phonetics, the underlined syllable of each letter word should be emphasized, and each syllable of the code words for the post-1969 figures
NATO_phonetic_alphabet
sonority in a syllable (arrangement of phonemes in a syllable from lower to higher sonority) marks the beginning of the Common Slavic period. One aspect of
History_of_Proto-Slavic
Historical, reconstructed phonology
were reduced to single ones. This took place after open syllable lengthening; the syllable before a geminate was a closed syllable and so vowels were not
Middle_English_phonology
Degree of phonological stress
syllable has stress or it does not. Many languages have rhythmic stress; location of the stress may not be predictable, but when the location of one stressed
Secondary_stress
Form of song
throughout with only a few instances where two or more notes are sung on one syllable. "Neumatic" chants are more embellished and ligatures, a connected group
Gregorian_chant
An individual's name composed of only one single name
surname, "Arouet, l[e] j[eune]" ("Arouet, the young"); it reversed the syllables of the name of the town his father came from, Airvault; and it has implications
Mononym
Greek, one of the final three syllables of each word carries an accent. Each syllable contains a vowel with one or two vocalic morae, and one mora in
Ancient_Greek_accent
Sounds and pronunciation of the Persian language
contrastive pitch-accent and syllable-final consonant clusters. Linguists tend to focus on Iranian Persian, so this article may contain less adequate information
Persian_phonology
Nguni language of eastern South Africa and neighbouring countries
When the syllable has a long vowel. When the following syllable also has a depressor consonant. When the following syllable is the final syllable and is
Zulu_language
Transitional phoneme produced like a vowel but used like a syllable boundary
similar to a vowel sound but functions as the syllable boundary, rather than as the nucleus of a syllable. Examples of semivowels in English are y and
Semivowel
Romance language
characterized by (1) three nasal phonemes, and one or two (depending on the dialect) lateral phoneme(s), which in syllable-final position lose their contrast and
Spanish_language
Common linguistics and jocular phenomenon
homophonous syllables and words due to its limited phonetic inventory. The Cihai dictionary lists 149 characters representing the syllable "yì". (However
Homophonic puns in Standard Chinese
Homophonic_puns_in_Standard_Chinese
Phonetic changes in the French language
became automatically determined by syllable structure, with stressed open syllables having long vowels and other syllables having short vowels. Furthermore
Phonological history of French
Phonological_history_of_French
Tibeto-Burman language
as well as by Burmese diaspora. Burmese is a tonal, pitch-register, and syllable-timed language, largely monosyllabic and agglutinative with a subject–object–verb
Burmese_language
Basic elements of language
language, roots or suffixes may have only one syllable but a phonologic word must have at least two syllables. A disyllabic verb root may take a zero suffix
Word
Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
within the Shona cluster. Shona allows only open syllables. Consonants belong to the next syllable. For example, mangwanani ("morning") is syllabified
Shona_language
Topics referred to by the same term
(pronounced with stress on the first syllable) is a person who comes from Dublin in Ireland. Dubliner could also refer to one of the following: Dubliners, a
Dubliner
Metrical foot with two long (or accented) syllables
metrical foot consisting of two long syllables, as determined by syllable weight in classical meters, or two stressed syllables in modern meters. The word comes
Spondee
Japanese syllabic writing systems
it was under Japanese rule. Each kana character corresponds to one phoneme or syllable, unlike kanji, which generally each corresponds to a morpheme.
Kana
Brahmic script used commonly to write the Malayalam language
(abugida), a writing system that is partially "alphabetic" and partially syllable-based. The modern Malayalam alphabet has 15 vowel letters, 42 consonant
Malayalam_script
Patterns of syllabic stress
a line ending in a stressed syllable; "feminine ending" is its opposite, describing a line ending in a stressless syllable. The terms originate from a
Masculine and feminine endings
Masculine_and_feminine_endings
Name list
single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As a family name, Sang may be written with only one hanja,
Sang_(Korean_name)
Japanese poetry form
is sometimes translated as "syllable", the true meaning is more nuanced. One on in Japanese is counted for a short syllable, two for an elongated vowel
Haiku
Phonological process
derivation is a phonological process in English that moves stress to the first syllable of verbs when they are used as nouns or adjectives. (This is an example
Initial-stress-derived_noun
ONE SYLLABLE-ARTICLE
ONE SYLLABLE-ARTICLE
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
The Syllable Om
Boy/Male
Tamil
The sacred syllable
Boy/Male
Hindu
The sacred syllable Om, Originator of the syllable of Om, The mystic syllable Om
Female
English
 Variant spelling of English Oona, possibly ONA means "famine, hunger." Compare with another form of Ona.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
The Sacred Syllable
Surname or Lastname
Indian (Andhra Pradesh); pronounced as two syllables
Indian (Andhra Pradesh); pronounced as two syllables : Hindu name of unknown meaning.English : variant spelling of Ann.
Boy/Male
Tamil
The sacred syllable Om, Originator of the syllable of Om, The mystic syllable Om
Boy/Male
Hindu
The sacred syllable
Boy/Male
Hindu
The sacred syllable Om, Originator of the syllable of Om, The mystic syllable Om
Girl/Female
Arabic
One of the Lovers
Female
French
Feminine form of French L�on, LÉONE means "lion."
Female
Hawaiian
Hawaiian name NOE means "mist; misty rain."
Female
Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of Greek Hanna, ANE means "favor; grace."
Boy/Male
African, Dutch, French, German, Teutonic
Born on the Road
Boy/Male
Tamil
The sacred syllable Om, Originator of the syllable of Om, The mystic syllable Om
Male
English
Pet form of English Anthony, possibly TONE means "invaluable."Â
Boy/Male
Tamil
The sacred syllable Om, Originator of the syllable of Om, The mystic syllable Om
Boy/Male
Hindu
The sacred syllable Om, Originator of the syllable of Om, The mystic syllable Om
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Sacred Syllable Om
Male
Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of English Oscar, OKE means "god-spear."
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