sandhi
Linguistic term for sound changes at word or morpheme boundaries, such as tone sandhi or assimilation.
Specifically refers to the linking of sounds, especially in French where a normally silent final consonant is pronounced before a vowel.
See also: リエゾン
Rare usage; in some contexts, 連音 may refer to a trill sound, but this is not the primary meaning. More commonly, trill is expressed as 震え音 or トリル.
Tone changes in Chinese are a type of sandhi.
French liaison is often cited as an example of sandhi.
In some literature, 連音 can refer to a trill sound.
Compound of 連 (ren, 'link') and 音 (on, 'sound'), literally 'linked sounds'. The term is used in linguistics to describe sound changes across boundaries.