akanye

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian а́канье (ákanʹje).

Noun

akanye (uncountable)

  1. (phonology) A case of vowel reduction in Slavic languages; the merger of pretonic non-high vowel phonemes (/o/, /e/ and /a/).

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