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Schwa deletion in Indo-Aryan languages (Wikipedia)
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- What it is
- A reference article on how the inherent schwa vowel of Indo-Aryan scripts is dropped in speech, with a table for Hindi, Bengali and other languages and worked examples from Sanskrit.
- How much weight it carries
- A secondary summary that cites linguistic studies. It is useful for the pattern and its examples, but it does not measure how often final schwas are dropped in classrooms, so treat it as a guide to what to check, not a rule.
Facts taken from this source
- Wikipedia says the final schwa in its example word, a Sanskrit word, is deleted in both Hindi and Bengali.
“is deleted in both Hindi and Bengali” (Final schwa deletion section, example with the word for Veda)