Betacism

Translation of "betacism" into Russian

Noun

betacism

betacisms pl

Betacism is a speech disorder involving the mispronunciation of the 'b' sound.

Бетацизм - это речевое расстройство, связанное с неправильным произношением звука 'б'.

Noun

A speech disorder in which the phonemes /b/ and /v/ are confused, so that one is pronounced as the other.

Because of his betacism, Peter said "bery" instead of "very".

In historical linguistics, a sound change whereby the phonemes /b/ and /v/ merge and come to be pronounced identically within a language.

The betacism of medieval Spanish led to the modern identical pronunciation of the letters <b> and <v>.