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===Vowels===

Ancient Knench retained Proto-Canaanite vowel length and developed overlong vowels. It had the chain shift ''ā'' > ''ō'' > ''ū'', similar to our timeline's Punic ~~and Irta's Tsarfati Hebrew~~, and developed a new ''ā'' from compensatory lengthening.

Ancient Knench retained Proto-Canaanite vowel length and developed overlong vowels. It had the chain shift ''ā'' > ''ō'' > ''ū'', similar to our timeline's Punic, and developed a new ''ā'' from compensatory lengthening.

'''a e i u ā ē ī ō ū ê î ô û''' /a ɛ~e ɪ~ɨ ʊ~o aː ɛː iː ɔː uː ɛːː iːː ɔːː uːː/

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===Prepositions===

*~~jūδ~~ = direct object marker

*jūt = direct object marker

*li- = to, for, of

*pi- = in, at, by, with (inst.)

*bi- = in, at, by, with (inst.)

*~~tum~~ la- = like, as

*dum la- = like, as

*miC- = from

*ȝim, ~~hiδ~~ = with (comit.)

*ȝim, hit = with (comit.)

*wēn = without

*jaȝn = because of

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===Conjunctions===

*xa- = and ('like' > 'and')

*ka- = and ('like' > 'and')

*ja3n = because

==Syntax==

Ancient Knench syntax is similar to Bibical Hebrew but appears more streamlined from an IE perspective. Basic word order was retained as VSO (unlike in spoken Biblical Hebrew).

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 ===Vowels===
-Ancient Knench retained Proto-Canaanite vowel length and developed overlong vowels. It had the chain shift ''ā'' > ''ō'' > ''ū'', similar to our timeline's Punic and Irta's Tsarfati Hebrew, and developed a new ''ā'' from compensatory lengthening.
+Ancient Knench retained Proto-Canaanite vowel length and developed overlong vowels. It had the chain shift ''ā'' > ''ō'' > ''ū'', similar to our timeline's Punic, and developed a new ''ā'' from compensatory lengthening.
 '''a e i u ā ē ī ō ū ê î ô û''' /a ɛ~e ɪ~ɨ ʊ~o aː ɛː iː ɔː uː ɛːː iːː ɔːː uːː/
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 ===Prepositions===
-*jūδ = direct object marker
+*jūt = direct object marker
 *li- = to, for, of
-*pi- = in, at, by, with (inst.)
+*bi- = in, at, by, with (inst.)
-*tum la- = like, as
+*dum la- = like, as
 *miC- = from
-*ȝim, hiδ = with (comit.)
+*ȝim, hit = with (comit.)
 *wēn = without
 *jaȝn = because of
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 ===Conjunctions===
-*xa- = and ('like' > 'and')
+*ka- = and ('like' > 'and')
 *ja3n = because
 ==Syntax==
 Ancient Knench syntax is similar to Bibical Hebrew but appears more streamlined from an IE perspective. Basic word order was retained as VSO (unlike in spoken Biblical Hebrew).