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Is there a term for a sound change of the following pattern --

/-VASV-/ --> /-VASAV-/; and some nonse examples, /alga, dijda, albəm/ -> /algla, dijdja, albləm/

A = approximant; S = Stop; V = Vowel

Inserting a sound is called epenthesis.

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I don't get the pattern, though. I don't see what the (phonetic) motivation is for epenthesizing either [l] or [j], and anyway, "approximant" is a pretty vague term since it can mean stuff like lateral approximants or just glides like [j].

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[ʈʂʰɤŋtɕjɑŋ], or whatever you can comfortably pronounce that's close to that

Formerly known as Primordial Soup

Supporter of use of [ȶ ȡ ȵ ȴ] in transcription

It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a 青.

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[ʈʂʰɤŋtɕjɑŋ], or whatever you can comfortably pronounce that's close to that

Formerly known as Primordial Soup

Supporter of use of [ȶ ȡ ȵ ȴ] in transcription

It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a 青.

Avestan has regressive "perithesis" of /j/, but this probably works thru palatalization: Cj > Cʲj > jCj. The same mechanism might be difficult to extend to liquids.

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