User:IlL/A Danified analytic Neo-Arabic/Diachronics

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PCanaanite to Ancient Knench

  1. i u → e o
  2. ā → ō → ū
  3. Final ʔ and h deleted, yielding overlong vowels

Ancient Knench to Middle Knench

  1. Unstressed long vowels shorten, preserving vowel quality
  2. Stress shift
  3. Maghrebi syncope; pretonic /a/ and /e/ deleted

Middle Knench to Modern Knench