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sound change

process of language change affecting pronunciation or sound system structure
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sound change

Summary

sound change ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sound change's GND ID is recorded as 4034779-5[2].
  • sound change's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh87003526[3].
  • sound change's subclass of is recorded as language change[4].
  • sound change's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07bg7[5].
  • sound change's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sound changes[6].
  • sound change's facet of is recorded as phonetics[7].
  • sound change's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[8].
  • sound change's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/sound-change[9].
  • sound change's topic has template is recorded as Template:Sound change[10].
  • sound change's different from is recorded as phonological change[11].
  • sound change's different from is recorded as alternation[12].
  • sound change's studied by is recorded as historical linguistics[13].
  • sound change's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as sound-change[14].
  • sound change's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as phonetic-change[15].
  • sound change's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779879116[16].
  • sound change's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007536756105171[17].
  • sound change's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2779879116[18].
  • sound change's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/3ab6f544-3adf-4b65-b7e7-1e5c8ffbf4c2[19].

Why It Matters

sound change ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

historical linguistics phonetics

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). sound change. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sound-change
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sound-change_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{sound change}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sound-change}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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