Haplology

Haplology is defined as the elimination of a syllable when two consecutive identical or similar syllables occur.
Conditions
1) Syllables are both medial; and
2) The structure of the two syllables is similar.

Example

Basque: sagarardo > sagardo 'apple cider'

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