類るい化か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

assimilation; incorporation

Linguistic term referring to a sound change where one segment becomes more like a neighboring segment, or a morphological process where a word is incorporated into another. Used in technical contexts.

• 日本にほん語ごの「ん」は後こう続ぞくの音おとに類るい化かすることがある。

  In Japanese, ん sometimes assimilates to the following sound.