tautosyllabicity

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{{Short description|Sounds in the same syllable}}

Two or more segments are tautosyllabic (with each other) if they occur in the same syllable. For instance, the English word "cat", {{IPAc-en|k|ae|t}}, is monosyllabic and so its three phonemes {{IPA|/k/}}, {{IPA|/æ/}} and {{IPA|/t/}} are tautosyllabic. They can also be described as sharing a 'tautosyllabic distribution'.

Phonemes that are not tautosyllabic are heterosyllabic. For example, in the English word "mustard" {{IPAc-en|'|m|ʌ|s|t|ə|ɹ|d}}, {{IPA|/m/}} and {{IPA|/t/}} are heterosyllabic since they are members of different syllables.