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==Definition==
 
A '''geminate''' is a [[consonant]] that has contrastively longer [[duration]] than its [[singleton]] counterpart. This phenomenon is akin to long vowels, represented a [Vː]. However, geminates are frequently represented as a series of two identical consonants, rather than as a single, long consonant.
 
A '''geminate''' is a [[consonant]] that has contrastively longer [[duration]] than its [[singleton]] counterpart. This phenomenon is akin to long vowels, represented a [Vː]. However, geminates are frequently represented as a series of two identical consonants, rather than as a single, long consonant.
  
 
Gemination is a contrastive process in Arabic, Estonian, Finnish, Classical Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Luganda, Norwegian, Russian and Swedish.
 
Gemination is a contrastive process in Arabic, Estonian, Finnish, Classical Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Luganda, Norwegian, Russian and Swedish.
  
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Gemination is not a phonological process typically present in English, but can be found in compound nouns.
 
Gemination is not a phonological process typically present in English, but can be found in compound nouns.
 
*[tt] in cattail (compare consonant length in "catfish")
 
*[tt] in cattail (compare consonant length in "catfish")
  
In Japanese gemination is a distinctive feature.  
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In Japanese gemination is a distinctive phonological feature.
  
 
* [shusshin] (origin, source) vs. [shushin] (master, husband)  
 
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Definition

A geminate is a consonant that has contrastively longer duration than its singleton counterpart. This phenomenon is akin to long vowels, represented a [Vː]. However, geminates are frequently represented as a series of two identical consonants, rather than as a single, long consonant.

Gemination is a contrastive process in Arabic, Estonian, Finnish, Classical Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Luganda, Norwegian, Russian and Swedish.

Examples

Gemination is not a phonological process typically present in English, but can be found in compound nouns.

  • [tt] in cattail (compare consonant length in "catfish")

In Japanese gemination is a distinctive phonological feature.

  • [shusshin] (origin, source) vs. [shushin] (master, husband)
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