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Epenthesis

In phonology, epenthesis (/ɪˈpɛnθəsɪs, ɛ-/; Greek ἐπένθεσις) is the addition of one or more sounds to a word, especially in the first syllable (prothesis), the last syllable (paragoge), or between two syllabic sounds in a word. The opposite processes, in which sounds are removed, are syncope and elision.

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Etymology

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Excrescence

Anaptyxis

In sign language

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Epenthesis

Nodes149
Edges148
Triples50
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013423
Components1

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Epenthesis

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related to Informal speech · 14
Epenthesis → Another, Celtic, Dwight, England, English, For, Hindi, Indian English, Indo-Aryan, Irish English, North American, Scottish English, Some, Yogi Bear
related to Synchronic rule · 7
Epenthesis → English, However, In French, It, Latin, Old English, There
related to Grammatical rule · 4
Epenthesis → English, For, However, Regular
related to Other contexts · 4
Epenthesis → For, Japanese, The English, While
related to Anaptyxis · 2
Epenthesis → Greek, Some
related to Borrowed words · 2
Epenthesis → Languages, Vocalic
related to Etymology · 2
Epenthesis → Sanskrit, The
related to Excrescence · 1
Epenthesis → Excrescence
related to Uses · 1
Epenthesis → The

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vowel consonant word english example clusters words also language vowels may languages epenthetic japanese latin old modern used inserted dialects

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'filminstance ofanaptyxis famously occurs in words0.80text
North Levantine Arabicinstance ofMany other modern varieties0.80text
Moroccan Arabic allow word-initial clustersinstance ofMany other modern varieties0.80text
however.Persian also does not allow clusters at the beginning of a wordinstance ofMany other modern varieties0.80text
typically uses /æ/ to break up such clusters in borrowings except between /s/instance ofMany other modern varieties0.80text
/t/instance ofMany other modern varieties0.80text
when /o/ is addedinstance ofMany other modern varieties0.80text
Rio de Janeiroinstance ofsuch as those arriving from rural flight in internal migrations to cities0.80text
Brasíliainstance ofsuch as those arriving from rural flight in internal migrations to cities0.80text
São Paulo.In FinnishIn Finnishinstance ofsuch as those arriving from rural flight in internal migrations to cities0.80text
there are two epenthetic vowelsinstance ofsuch as those arriving from rural flight in internal migrations to cities0.80text
two nativization vowelsinstance ofsuch as those arriving from rural flight in internal migrations to cities0.80text

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