The difference between Anaptyxis and Svarabhakti

When used as nouns, anaptyxis means the epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel, whereas svarabhakti means epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant for.


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  1. Anaptyxis as a noun (phonetics):

    The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel; svarabhakti: for example, the middle ‘' in , or use of infixes and in coining English words on classical roots.

  1. Svarabhakti as a noun (linguistics, phonology):

    Epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant for ; anaptyxis.