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schwa deletion

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Etymology

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From schwa +‎ deletion.

Noun

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schwa deletion (uncountable)

  1. (linguistics) The phenomenon of the dropping of the orthographic inherent vowel in speech, in Indo-Aryan languages that use abugidas.
    Synonym: schwa dropping
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