vowel dropping

> From:    Roger Mills <romilly@...>
> Subject: Re: Hi again, new lang, and a lang tool
>
> >Vowel dropping (I forget the linguistic term): are
> >there any semi-universals for how and when this
> >happens?>
> IIRC:  _syncope_ dropping of vowels in medial position; _apocope_ dropping
> in final position.  I forget the term for initial position.
'Aphesis' is a word that means that.

     *Muke!