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Cualand Ăn Yidiș has a version of the Scots vowel length system: except for stressed /ə iə uə/, every stressed vowel is allophonically long when:
Cualand Ăn Yidiș has a version of the Scots vowel length system: except for stressed /ə iə uə/, every stressed vowel is allophonically long when:
* Before voiced fricatives, namely /v, ð, z, ʑ, ʁ/, and also before /r/.  
* Before voiced fricatives, namely /v, ð, z, ʑ, ʁ/, and also before /r/.  
* Before another vowel: פיאך ''fi·ăch'' 'raven' ['fi:əx] vs. פיעך ''fiech'' 'debt; worthy' [fiəx] (homophonous in Irtan Ăn Cayzăn, and both written פיעך in Irta). ''üe'' doesn't exist in Cualand, as it came from a hiatus: רוּח 'spirit' is ''rü·ăch'' /ry.əx/ [ry:.əx] rather than ''rüech'' /ryəx/ as in Irtan Ăn Yidiș.
* Before another vowel: פיאך ''fi·ăch'' 'raven' ['fi:əx] vs. פיעך ''fiech'' 'debt; worthy' [fiəx] (homophonous in Irtan Ăn Cayzăn, and both written פיעך in Irta).
* Before a morpheme boundary.
* Before a morpheme boundary.


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