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Akanye or akanje[1] (Belarusian: аканне, Russian: а́канье, Russian pronunciation:[ˈakənʲjɪ]), literally "a-ing", is a sound change in Slavic languages in which the phonemes /o/ or /e/ are realized as more or less close to [a]. It is a case of vowel reduction.
The most familiar example is probably Russian akanye (pronounced but not represented orthographically in the standard language). Akanye also occurs in:
Standard Belarusian (represented orthographically)
between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. Akanye or akanje (Belarusian: аканне, Russian: а́канье, Russian pronunciation:...
/o/ undergoes different degrees of vowel reduction mainly to [a] (strong akanye), less often to [ɐ], [ə], [ɨ]. Unstressed /o/, /e/, /a/ following palatalized...
Non-high /a/, /e/ and /o/ (always reduced). Back /a/ and /o/ (both exhibit akanye). Front /i/ and /e/ (both exhibit ikanye). Back high /u/ (never reduced)...
Ivanovo, Murom, Nizhny Novgorod) Groups with akanye (Moscow, Kasimov, Temnikov) Chukhloma enclave (with akanye) Bashkort Russian is characterised by the...
Standard Belarusian Standard Ukrainian Examples reduction of unstressed /o/ (akanye) no yes no R. голова́ /ɡɐlɐˈva/, B. галава́ /ɣalaˈva/, U. голова́ /ɦɔlɔˈʋa/...
Majori in 1275. The Slovene name Matajur is derived via vowel harmony or akanye from *Motajur (< Mǫtmajur), which was borrowed from a Friulian name that...
"strong akanye" (моцнае аканне), and the South-Western dialect is chiefly characterized by the "hard sounding R" (цвёрда-эравы) and "moderate akanye" (умеранае...
phenomenon also occurring in Russian and some other Slavic languages, called akanye. That happens spontaneously to some words, but other words keep their original...
the Russian as follows: ао, яо → аа, яа (in accordance with Belarusian akanye) и → і in ri, zhi, chi, shi there is ы (жы, чжы, чы, шы). ъ → ' (apostrophe)...
It derives from the demonym "обоянец" (oboyanets) or, in dialects with akanye, "абаянец" (abayanets), meaning one from Oboyan. Ganzhina, p. 10 И. М. Ганжина...
Ozimko (Озимко), Ozim (Озим), and Ozimy (Озимый), which in dialects with akanye transformed into "Azim" (Азим). These names/nicknames were given to babies...
pronounced identically as /ə/. See also vowel reduction in Russian and akanye. In unstressed syllables, /ɨ/, /ɨj/ and /əj/ are considered more or less...
diphthongization (ei, ie, uo), an a-colored semivowel, shift of o > u, and partial akanye. Lower Carniolan dialect (dolenjsko narečje, dolenjščina) Eastern Lower...
features of Azirivka is liberal replacement of vowels o, e, y, with 'i' and "akanye", replacement of the phonemes /o/ with [a], typical of Russian speech. (The...
nicknames "Огибало" (Ogibalo) - or "Агибало" (Agibalo) in dialects with akanye - and "Огибеня" (Ogibenya). The nicknames were in turn derived from the...
this group is characterized by shortening of long diphthongal *ie and *uo, akanye, and general development of *g to [ɣ]. The Upper Carniolan dialect...
practice, this usually applies to -⟨o⟩- /o/ changing to -⟨a⟩- [ɐ] or [ə] (akanye), and alternations between the allophonic vowels [ɨ] and [i] (represented...
The dialect has diphthongs of the type iə < long jat and uə < long o, akanye of e, and development of velar k, g > uvular q, χ, and palatalization of...
thief name; in Haru's case, she chooses Noir.[citation needed] Game artist Akanye Kabayashi identified Haru as one of her favorite characters to draw due...
long vowel inventory to ie, uo, and a. The dialect has undergone complete akanye and the lenition of g > [ɦ]. Smole, Vera. 1998. "Slovenska narečja." Enciklopedija...
with English definite article "the"). Loanword orthography is regulated: Akanye is preserved in all cases except ten words (such as ⟨рэволюцыя⟩, ⟨совет⟩...
centralization, /e/ is commonly pronounced as /a/ (akanye) or as /i/ (ikanye) and /o/ is commonly pronounced as /a/ (akanye) or /u/ (ukanye). The most common pronunciation...
have monophthongized but ie and uo are pronounced, and there is limited akanye. Vocalic r has developed into ar and vocalic l into aw. The feminine singular...
Russian is influenced partially by Southern Russian dialects, which use Akanye extensively. Another part of the Odesan dialect owing to the influence of...
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