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-'''Old Cubrite''' is the name for the stage of [[Crannish]] after [[Ancient Crannish]] and before the 12th century. It's a very fluid stage of the language, with many orthographic spellings and variant/dialectal forms.
+'''Old Knench''' is defined as the stage of Knench after the Knench stress shift (the shift from ~fixed ultimate stress to fixed penultimate stress), which took place around the 5th century. This stage must be reconstructed, as Knench is sparsely attested until the 11th century (the beginning of Middle Knench).
 == Phonology ==
-# heth ayin > X ł
+=== Knench New Quantity System ===
-# p t k s z > f/v þ/ð x/gh š/ž s/z
+Shift to penult stress; vowels lengthen in stressed syllables or monosyllables, phonemicizing vowel quality.
-# b d g > p/b t/d k/g
-# T K c > tt kk ts
-== Morphology ==
+Gemination is lost at this point, with the information transferring to the preceding vowel: *farrō{{acute}} 'cow' -> ''faro'' /ˈfaːɾʌ/
-== Syntax ==