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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Russian а́канье (ákanʹje).
akanye (uncountable)
- (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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(phonology) a case of vowel reduction in Slavic languages