Two or more
segments are tautosyllabic (with each other) if they occur in the same
syllable
A syllable is a basic unit of organization within a sequence of speech sounds, such as within a word, typically defined by linguists as a ''nucleus'' (most often a vowel) with optional sounds before or after that nucleus (''margins'', which are ...
. For instance, the English word "cat", , is
monosyllabic
In linguistics, a monosyllable is a word or utterance of only one syllable. It is most commonly studied in the fields of phonology and morphology. The word has originated from the Greek language
Greek (, ; , ) is an Indo-European languages, Ind ...
and so its three phonemes , and are tautosyllabic. They can also be described as sharing a 'tautosyllabic distribution'.
Phonemes that are not tautosyllabic are heterosyllabic. For example, in the English word "mustard" , and are heterosyllabic since they are members of different syllables.
See also
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Ambisyllabicity, sounds that are arguably shared between two syllables (such as 'rr' in British English "hurry")
References
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Phonotactics
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