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 * nj, jn, jl, gl (from gn, ngj, gl, kl) > nj, lj
 * unstressed interior vowels lost except pretonic /a/; happened at same time as first lenition, thus manica > manche but granica > grange
+===Diphthong and vowel-height issue===
+*ɛ and ɔ become ie and ue in French and Spanish open stressed syllables. They also become ie and ue in Spanish closed stressed syllables. They are merged in the case of Portuguese and most of Catalan.
+* In Portuguese, probably Catalan and French, and Italian, there is a tendency to distinguish by vowel height later on in the various languages depending on syllable type (e.g. closed/open).
+* Perhaps write stressed open ɔ as uè (as an example).
+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Spanish_language#Diphthongization_in_open_and_closed_syllables
+==Grammar==
+===Noun Declension===
+Accent marks are temporary and for etymological reasons.
+* '''-US as in ''FOCUS'' '''
+:* NOM SING ''fuègus'' (or fuègos), PLU ''fuègi''
+:* OBL SING ''fuègo'' PLU ''fuègos''
+* '''-UM as in ''GYPSUM'' '''
+:* NOM SING ''gesso~gisso'', PLU ''gessa~gissa''
+:* OBL SING ''gesso~gisso'', PLU ''gessa~gissa'' or ''gessos~gissos''
+(''The problem here is that gypsum would become either [jepso] or [jeiso]; either way, the palatalisation of [e] could shift it to [i]. The palatalised [p] variant could be a loanword too, as it normally refers to blackboard chalk, not the plaster material, and almost always appears as "giz" or an equivalent.'')
+* '''-A as in ''CAPSA'' '''
+:* NOM SING ''cassa'' PLU ''cassè''
+:* OBL PLU ''cassa'' PLU ''cassas''
+* ''' ''RES'' '''
+:* NOM SING ''rés'' PLU ''rés''
+:* OBL SING ''rièm'' PLU ''rés''
+* '''-O as in ''HOMO'' '''
+:* NOM SING ''huemo'' PLU ''homnes''
+:* OBL SING ''homne'' PLU ''homnes''