name, + → "about Bush" (elative case). Finnish has moraic consonants: , and are of interest. In Standard Finnish, they are slightly intensified before a consonant in a medial cluster: . Some dialects, like Savo and Ostrobothnian, have epenthesis instead and use the preceding vowel in clusters of type and , in Savo also . (In Finnish linguistics, the phenomenon is often referred to as ; the same word can also mean schwa, but it is not a phoneme in Finnish so there is usually no danger of confusion.) For example, "Ostrobothnia" → , → , and Savo → . Ambiguities may result: "strait" vs. . (An exception is that in Pohjanmaa, and become and , respectively: → . Also, in a small region in Savo, is used instead.) In constructed languages Lojban, a constructed language that seeks logically-oriented grammatical and phonological structures, uses a number of consonant clusters in its words. Since it is designed to be as universal as possible, it allows a type of anaptyxis called "buffering" to be used if a speaker finds a cluster difficult or impossible to pronounce. A vowel sound that is nonexistent in Lojban (usually /ɪ/ as in "hit") is added between two consonants to make the word easier to pronounce. Despite altering the phonetics of a word, the use of buffering is completely ignored by grammar. Also, the vowel sound used must not be confused with any existing Lojban vowel. An example of buffering in Lojban is that if a speaker finds the cluster in the word ("cat") (pronounced ) hard or impossible to pronounce, the vowel can be pronounced between the two consonants, resulting in the form . Nothing changes grammatically, including the word's spelling and the syllabication. In sign language A type of epenthesis in sign language is known as "movement epenthesis" and occurs, most commonly, during the boundary between signs while the hands move from the posture required by the first sign to that required by the next. Related phenomena Prothesis: the addition of a sound to the beginning of a word Paragoge: the addition of a sound to the end of a word Infixation: the insertion of a morpheme within a word Tmesis: the inclusion of a whole word within another one Metathesis: the reordering of sounds within a word See also Assibilation Assimilation Coarticulation (Co-articulated consonant, Secondary articulation) Consonant harmony Crasis Dissimilation Labialisation Language game Lenition