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äännelait, also known as phonological rules, are systematic patterns that govern how sounds are pronounced and change within a language or across different languages. They describe the predictable variations in pronunciation that occur based on the surrounding sounds, word boundaries, or grammatical structures. For example, in English, the /t/ sound in "butter" is often pronounced as a flap, similar to a /d/, because it appears between vowels. This is an example of anäännelait.
These rules are not random; they are a fundamental aspect of linguistic competence, allowing speakers to produce
Studyingäännelait helps linguists understand language acquisition, dialectal variation, and historical sound changes. For instance, the Great