vocalic

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Consonantal change as a functional process is probably far less common than vocalic modifications, but it is not exactly rare.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

The vocalic mutation of c, p, t, s, f was denoted by writing ch, ph, th, sh, fh, the first three symbols of which were derived from the Latin alphabet.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

In Goidelic, we find two mutations, the vocalic and the nasal.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

When the word causing mutation ended in a vowel we get the vocalic mutation, called by Irish grammarians aspiration.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

The old ‘Minor Declensions’ had begun to pass over into the vocalic, especially into the i- and a-, declensions in the oldest OHG.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph