epenthesis

Epenthesis at the end of a word does not normally occur in Portugal.

Epenthesis is sometimes used for humorous or childlike effect.

Epenthesis most often occurs within unfamiliar or complex consonant clusters.

This is usually dealt with by epenthesis.

Epenthesis, addition of a sound to a word:

Epenthesis also occurs in certain situations, depending on the form of the root and the suffix added.

Epenthesis arises for a variety of reasons.

Epenthesis (also known as anaptyxis): The introduction of a sound between two adjacent sounds.

The opposite of elision is epenthesis, whereby sounds are inserted into a word to ease pronunciation.

Nasals sometimes assimilate to a preceding stop (in other cases epenthesis occurs)

Specifically, it is a form of consonant epenthesis and generally, though not always, involves resyllabification.

A glottal stop or a glide may be added (epenthesis) between vowels to prevent hiatus.

There is no epenthesis before voiceless stops or after long vowels and diphthongs:

There are a large number of (mostly very simple) rules governing metathesis and epenthesis when consonant clusters appear.

Regular or semiregular epenthesis commonly occurs in languages that use affixes.

Epenthesis in Navajo.

Initial and final consonant clusters are not tolerated, and schwa epenthesis is pervasive.

Some phonological processes do occur, however, including assimilation, epenthesis, lenition and reduplication.

'Focus on form in phonology: orthographic exposure as a promoter of epenthesis.'

A metathesis and a word-initial epenthesis produce E-trus-ci.

Vowel insertion (epenthesis)

Epenthesis is regressive which means that epenthetic vowels take on the quality of the first vowel in the rest of the form.

While Spanish words undergo word-initial epenthesis, cognates in Latin and Italian do not:

Dardic languages also display a tendency for consonantal epenthesis, where consonants are inserted or altered in a word.

Epenthesis often breaks up a consonant cluster or vowel sequence that is not permitted by the phonotactics of a language.