Epenthetic

Epenthetic /e/ in Western Romance languages was also probably influenced by Continental Celtic languages.

For letters with hal kirīma, an epenthetic a is added for easier pronunciation: the name for the letter ක් is akyanna.

Martin-ek is the agent (transitive subject), so it is marked with the ergative case ending -k (with an epenthetic -e-).

That is, sk- has been broken up by inserting an epenthetic -u-; -u has also been added at the end of the word.

The word for "mercury" with the initial rt- cluster, for example, is also found in the other East and West Slavic languages, although Slovak retains an epenthetic vowel (ortuť).

Though receding at present, Italian once had an epenthetic /i/ if a consonant preceded such clusters, so that 'in Switzerland' was in /i/ Svizzera.

When this produces impossible consonant sequences, these are rectified by vocalizing w and y into u and i, if possible; otherwise, an epenthetic ä is inserted.