1. a phonological process in which sounds change when words or morphemes are combined
Usage: linguistics

Examples

• In English, the ‘n’ sound in ‘ten’ changes to ‘m’ before ‘p’ in ‘ten pence’ due to sandhi.
• Sanskrit grammar extensively describes sandhi rules for combining words.
• The linguist studied sandhi phenomena in various Indo-European languages.
• External sandhi occurs at word boundaries, while internal sandhi happens within words.
• Students of Sanskrit must learn complex sandhi transformations.
• The pronunciation changes in ‘don’t you’ demonstrate English sandhi processes.