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* The short high rounded vowel /ʏ/ is a loan from [[Dalitian]], and is not found in any native words, or words dating back to Old Aeranir. It is usually realised as [ɪ], and is only rounded in educated speech. | * The short high rounded vowel /ʏ/ is a loan from [[Dalitian]], and is not found in any native words, or words dating back to Old Aeranir. It is usually realised as [ɪ], and is only rounded in educated speech. | ||
* The vowels /ɨ/, /ʉ/, /æ/, and /ɵ/ are technically reduced allophones of full /ɪ/, /ʊ/, /ɛ/, and /ɔ/ in non-stressed word internal syllables. They cannot occure outside of these contraints. However, Aeranid grammaticians considered them to be separate sounds, and wrote them differently, so they are distinguished in this chart. They were also devoiced between [[w:Voicelessness|voiceless consonants]], and assimilated to preceeding [[w:Soronant|sonorants]], creating long soronants. | * The vowels /ɨ/, /ʉ/, /æ/, and /ɵ/ are technically reduced allophones of full /ɪ/, /ʊ/, /ɛ/, and /ɔ/ in non-stressed word internal syllables. They cannot occure outside of these contraints. However, Aeranid grammaticians considered them to be separate sounds, and wrote them differently, so they are distinguished in this chart. They were also devoiced between [[w:Voicelessness|voiceless consonants]], and assimilated to preceeding [[w:Soronant|sonorants]], creating long soronants. | ||
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|+caption | Vowel change from PME to Late Aeranir (in stessed initial syllables) | |+caption | Vowel change from PME to Late Aeranir (in stessed initial syllables) | ||
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* Most non-intial short vowels in [[Aeranir#Proto-Iscaric|Proto-Iscairc]] were reduced to /i/ by the time of Old Aeranir. Many of these were then further reduced in Classical Aeranir (as discussed above), to the vowels represented by [[w:Diaeresis_(diacritic)|diaeresis]]. These merged in Late Aeranir to a [[w:Schwa|schwa]], but this schwa was deleted in many environments. | * Most non-intial short vowels in [[Aeranir#Proto-Iscaric|Proto-Iscairc]] were reduced to /i/ by the time of Old Aeranir. Many of these were then further reduced in Classical Aeranir (as discussed above), to the vowels represented by [[w:Diaeresis_(diacritic)|diaeresis]]. These merged in Late Aeranir to a [[w:Schwa|schwa]], but this schwa was deleted in many environments. | ||
* Old Aeranir diphthongs /ei̯/ and /ou̯̯/ may have been realised as hightened pure vowels [e~e̝] and [o~o̝]. Before other vowels, /ei̯/ becomes simple [e] in Classical Aeranir. Likewise, Classical /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ rise to [e] and [o] before another vowel. These were then simplified into glides [j] and [w] in Late Aeranir. | * Old Aeranir diphthongs /ei̯/ and /ou̯̯/ may have been realised as hightened pure vowels [e~e̝] and [o~o̝]. Before other vowels, /ei̯/ becomes simple [e] in Classical Aeranir. Likewise, Classical /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ rise to [e] and [o] before another vowel. These were then simplified into glides [j] and [w] in Late Aeranir. | ||
* There are two realisations of high short vowels /ɪ/ and /ʊ/ before another vowel, depending on whether the proceeding syllable it light or heavy. Following a light syllable, the become glides [j] and [w]. Follwing a heavy syllable, an [[w:Ephethesis#Anaptyxis|anaptyctic] vowel is inserted, becoming [ɨj] and [ʉw]. | |||
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