pronounceably
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
pronounceable + -ly
Adverb[edit]
pronounceably (comparative more pronounceably, superlative most pronounceably)
- In a pronounceable manner.
- 2011, Nicholas Evans, Dying Words:
- For many years the world-record holder for the most consonants was the Caucasian language Ubykh […] But it has now been eclipsed by the reigning champion, Xóõ or, more pronounceably, Taa […] , which is spoken by about 4,000 people in Botswana and Namibia, and which has somewhere between 84 and 159 consonant phonemes depending on the analysis.
Usage notes[edit]
- Not to be confused with pronouncedly.