Editing Elision (section)

===Spanish===

The change of [[Latin]] into the [[Romance language]]s included a significant amount of elision, especially [[Syncope (phonetics)|syncope]] (loss of medial vowels). [[Spanish language|Spanish]] has these examples:

*{{lang|es|tabla}} from Latin {{lang|la|tabula}}
*{{lang|es|isla}} from Latin {{lang|la|insula}} (through {{lang|la|*isula}})
*{{lang|es|alma}} from Latin {{lang|la|anima}} (with [[dissimilation]] of ''-nm-'' to ''-lm-'')
*{{lang|es|hembra}} from Latin {{lang|la|femina}} (with [[lenition]] of ''f-'' to ''h-'' to ∅, dissimilation of ''-mn-'' to ''-mr-'' and then [[epenthesis]] of ''-mr-'' to ''-mbr-'')
In addition, speakers often employ [[crasis]] or elision between two words to avoid a [[hiatus (linguistics)|hiatus]] caused by vowels: the choice of which to use depends upon whether or not the vowels are identical. This is referred to as [https://www.lawlessspanish.com/pronunciation/enlace-encadenamiento/ enlace] or [[synalepha]], and is especially common in poetry and songs. It is not necessarily indicated in writing, but often is in [https://hymnary.org/hymn/FyC2011/page/683 hymn] [https://imslp.org/wiki/Ave_Maria_(P%C3%A9rez_Casas_Beltr%C3%A1n%2C_Emilio_H.) music]. It can appear as a [[breve]] below or an [[underscore]] between the adjacent words, e.g. "por-que ̮en-ton-ces" or "por-que_en-ton-ces".

A frequent informal use is [[relaxed pronunciation#Spanish|the elision of]] {{lang|es|d}} in the past participle suffix {{lang|es|-ado}}, pronouncing {{lang|es|cansado}} as {{lang|es|cansao}}. The elision of {{lang|es|d}} in {{lang|es|-ido}} is considered even more informal, but both elisions common in [[Andalusian Spanish]]. Thus, the Andalusian {{lang|es|quejío}} for {{lang|es|quejido}} ("lament") has entered Standard Spanish as a term for a special feature of [[Flamenco]] singing. Similar distinctions are made with the words {{lang|es|bailaor(a)}} and {{lang|es|cantaor(a)}} as contracted versions of the literal translations for dancer and singer exclusively used for Flamenco, compared to the {{lang|es|bailarín}} and {{lang|es|cantante}} of standard Spanish. The perceived vulgarity of the silent {{lang|es|d}} may lead to [[hypercorrection]]s like [[Asterisk#Generative linguistics|*]]{{lang|es|bacalado}} for {{lang|es|bacalao}} ([[cod]]) or *{{lang|es|Bilbado}} for {{lang|es|[[Bilbao]]}}.<ref name="RAE">''[http://buscon.rae.es/dpdI/html/glosario.htm Ultracorrección]'' in the ''[[Diccionario panhispánico de dudas]]'', 1st edition, October 2005, [[Real Academia Española]].</ref>