Iotacism

Iotacism (old Gr . Ἰωτακισμός , Latin iotacism, to the Greek letter Iōta ἰῶτα )

• the pronunciation of the ancient Greek letter Ēta as [i], see Itazism
• in ancient Greek the overemphasized syllabic pronunciation of an iota between two vowels instead of [j]
• the coincidence of several graphemes in the sound [i] in modern Greek, see modern Greek language # script
• the sound change of the vowels / e / and / o / to / i / in Ukrainian, see Itavism
• in mainly Latin texts the frequent occurrence of the / i / sound or the alliteration with the initial sound / i /

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