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Morphophonemic Process
2. Addition of phoneme
One phoneme which is not present in the normal allomorph may be
added to another allomorph.
Examples:
a. The phoneme /-n-/ is added to the normal form of {solemn}
pronounced /solem/ in solemnize.
b. The phoneme /-g-/ is added to the normal form of {long} in {longer}
and {longest}.
3. Consonant change
A consonant changes to another consonant. A very common type of
consonant change is voicing, a voiceless consonant changes to a voiced
consonant.
Examples:
a. The phoneme /-0/ is changed into /-th-/ in {paths}
b. The phoneme /-s-/ is changed to /-z-/ in {resist}.