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Reduction (linguistics)

In spoken languages, reduction is a way to pronounce a certain word more quickly than usual. For example, in English language

getcha (get you)
betcha (bet you)
don't cha (don't you)
gotcha (got you)
gotta (got to)
hafta (have to)
hasta (has to)
wanna (want to)
wannabe (want to be)
gonna (going to)
kinda (kind of)
kindsa (kinds of)
lot (lot of)
lots (lots of)
gimme (give me)
lemme (let me)
I dunno. (I don't know)
sez (says)
coulda (could have)
shoulda (should have)
woulda (would have)
mighta (might have)
musta (must have)

Reference http://eleaston.com/pronunciation/reduction2

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