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iotation (usually uncountable, plural iotations) (linguistics) A specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant /j/ to form a …

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  1. iotation (usually uncountable, plural iotations) (linguistics) A specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant /j/ to form a palatalized consonant. (linguistics) Any similar process occurring in a later Slavic language or elsewhere.