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| | #redirect [[Sound_change#Ablaut_and_umlaut]] |
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| Ablaut and umlaut are two different phonological mutations, and often refer to vowel changes under [[inflection]].
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| {{comment|the umlout, as in the diacritic, is not very related. See [[diaresis, trema, umlaut]]}}.
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| '''Ablaut''' is generally [[unconditioned]], meaning it happens, but does not have a clear phonological condition, or meaning.
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| For example, various strong [[verb]]s in english have alternative forms, like sing, sang and sung; there is no directly obvious reason why they are the forms, and there is no single such pattern among [[strong verbs]].
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| '''Umlaut''' is [[conditioned]] - it happens in specific contexts and not in others, meaning it comes from specific rules and is meaningful when interpreting a word.
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| I suspect the distinction is somewhat gradual.
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| [[Category:Phonetics]]
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