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! Open
! Open
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||  || a /ä/ ||  
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The next big change in the inventory was the lengthening of short vowels which occur in main-stressed syllables of the stem. Vowels of inflectional suffixes do not undergo this shift. Due to this change in pronounciation, the opposition between short and long vowels is established.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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!  !! Front short !! Front long !! Central short !! Central long !! Back short !! Back long
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! Close
| i /i/ ü /ü/ || || || || u /u/ ||
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! Near-close
|| î /ɪ/ û /ʏ/ || îî /ɪ:/ ûû /ʏ:/ || || || u: /ʊ/ || uu: /ʊ:/
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! Close-mid
|| e /e/ ö /ö/ || || o /o/
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! Near-open
|| ë /ɛ/ ô /œ/ || ëë /ɛ:/ ôô /œ/|| || || o: /ɔ/ || oo: /ɔ:/
|-
! Near-open
|| ä /æ/ || ää /æ:/ || || || ||
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! Open
||  || a /ä/ ||  aa /ä:/ ||  || || || ||
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