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vowel system

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noun

Linguistics.

  1. the vowel sounds of a language, especially when considered as forming an interrelated and interacting group.

Etymology

Origin of vowel system

First recorded in 1870–75

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Accent.—The vowel system of Greek has been so well preserved because it shows till late times very little in the way of stress accent.

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