consonantal

[ kon-suh-nan-tl ]

/ ˌkɒn səˈnæn tl /

of, or of the nature of, a consonant.

marked by consonant sounds.

Origin of consonantal

First recorded in 1785–95; consonant + -al¹

con·so·nan·tal·ly, adverb

The consonantal skeleton, in one of its duplicate forms, is then examined for its containing vowel, and the syllable is complete.

Dactylography |Henry Faulds
Yet as regards the consonantal sounds he had exhausted the resources of the Semitic tongue.

A History of Science, Volume 1(of 5) |Henry Smith Williams
As ultimately, in almost every case, significant of the consonantal y, I might have simply replaced it by that letter.

The Bruce |John Barbour
The words in question are assonances in the limited sense of the term, and consonantal assonances.

The English Language |Robert Gordon Latham

A subsidiary but by no means unimportant grammatical process is that of internal vocalic or consonantal change.

Language |Edward Sapir

consonantal

/ (ˌkɒnsəˈnæntəl) /

relating to, functioning as, or constituting a consonant, such as the semivowel w in English work

consisting of or characterized by consonants a consonantal cluster

consonantally, adverb