Editing Palatalization (phonetics) (section)

===Morphophonemic===
{{listen|type=speech|filename=Ro-ban-bani.ogg|title=Romanian ''ban'', ''bani'' ("coin, coins")|description={{IPA|[ban banʲ]}}}}
In some languages, palatalization is used as a [[morpheme]] or part of a morpheme. In some cases, a vowel caused a consonant to become palatalized, and then this vowel was lost by [[elision]]. Here, there appears to be a [[phonemic contrast]] when analysis of the [[deep structure]] shows it to be allophonic.

In [[Romanian language|Romanian]], consonants are palatalized before {{IPA|/i/}}. Palatalized consonants appear at the end of the word, and mark the plural in nouns and adjectives, and the second person singular in verbs.<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Chițoran|2001|p=11}}</ref> On the surface, it would appear then that {{lang|ro|ban}} {{IPA|[ban]}} "coin" forms a [[minimal pair]] with {{lang|ro|bani}} {{IPA|[banʲ]}}. The interpretation commonly taken, however, is that an underlying morpheme {{IPA|{{!}}-i{{!}}}} palatalizes the consonant and is subsequently deleted.

Palatalization may also occur as a [[morphology (linguistics)|morphological]] feature. For example, although Russian makes phonemic contrasts between palatalized and unpalatalized consonants, alternations across morpheme boundaries are normal:<ref>See {{Harvcoltxt|Lightner|1972|pp=9–11, 12–13}} for a fuller list of examples.</ref>
* {{lang|ru|ответ}} {{audio-IPA|Ru-ответ.ogg|[ɐˈtvʲe'''t''']|help=no}} ('answer') vs. {{lang|ru|ответить}} {{audio-IPA|Ru-ответить.ogg|[ɐˈtvʲe'''tʲ'''ɪtʲ]|help=no}} ('to answer')
* {{lang|ru|несу}} {{audio-IPA|Ru-я несу.ogg|[nʲɪˈ'''s'''u]|help=no}} ('[I] carry') vs. {{lang|ru|несёт}} {{audio-IPA|Ru-несёт.ogg|[nʲɪˈ'''sʲ'''ɵt]|help=no}} ('carries')
* {{lang|ru|голод}} {{audio-IPA|Ru-голод.ogg|[ˈɡolə'''t''']|help=no}} ('hunger') vs. {{lang|ru|голоден}} {{IPA|[ˈɡolə'''dʲ'''ɪn]}} ('hungry' masc.)