hangrendszeres

Hangrendszeres is a Hungarian linguistic term used as an adjective to describe phenomena related to a language's phonological system. It designates features tied to the sound structure of a language, including the inventory of phonemes, the rules of phonotactics, syllable structure, and prosodic patterns. In Hungarian linguistic descriptions, hangrendszeres is used to signal that a description or analysis foregrounds the sound system rather than other aspects such as morphology or syntax. In English-language work, the closest equivalent is commonly described as phonological or as relating to the phonological system.

From hang (sound) and rendszer (system) with the adjectival suffix -es, hangrendszeres literally means "having a sound system" or "pertaining to the sound system." The form reflects a focus in analysis on the arrangement and behavior of sounds within a language.

A hangrendszeres description emphasizes phoneme inventories, contrastive sounds, allophony, syllable structure, and phonotactic constraints. It is used in studies of both living and historical languages, in dialectology to discuss pronunciation differences, and in phonological theory to specify rules governing sound combinations. The term is not a type of language but a descriptive stance within linguistic description.

See also: phonology, phonotactics, phoneme, syllable structure, prosody, Hangrendszer, Hungarian language.