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noun Linguistics.
the process of inserting vowel sounds into a consonant cluster, as in a loanword to make it conform to the pattern of the speaker's language and, hence, more easily pronounceable, as in the Italian pronunciation 
[lahn-tsee-ke-nek-kaw] for German Landsknecht [lahnts-knekht] .
[lahn-tsee-ke-nek-kaw] for German Landsknecht [lahnts-knekht] . Compare epenthesis.
Origin:
1875–80; < Sanskrit: vowel segment (inserted in particular environments)
1875–80; < Sanskrit: vowel segment (inserted in particular environments)
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Svarabhakti
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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