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svarabhakti

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svarabhakti (usually uncountable, plural svarabhaktis)

(linguistics, phonology) Epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant Engerland for England; anaptyxis.
Svarabhakti is a common feature of northern Indian languages such as Hindi and Bengali.

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