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

Footnote 18: These may be also defined as free unvoiced breath with varying vocalic timbres.

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

Further, Cornish does not change th, đ to s, z as in Breton, e.g. beth, “grave,” Br. bez, W. bedd, and initial g disappears in the vocalic mutation as in Welsh.

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

Footnote 38: There are changes of accent and vocalic quantity in these forms as well, but the requirements of simplicity force us to neglect them.

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

A subsidiary but by no means unimportant grammatical process is that of internal vocalic or consonantal change.

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