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“''Unstressed '''a''' is deleted word-finally after a nasal consonant or '''t'''.''”
“''Unstressed '''a''' is deleted word-finally after a nasal consonant or '''t'''.''”
==Phonology of Old Valthungian ca. 950 a.d.==
===Vowels===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle"
|-
! width=100px rowspan="2"|
! colspan="2"| '''Short Vowels'''
! rowspan="6"|
! colspan="2"| '''Long Vowels'''
|-
! width=65px| '''Front'''
! width=65px| '''Back'''
! width=65px| '''Front'''
! width=65px| '''Back'''
|-
!'''Close'''
|'''i · eu'''<br />[i · y]
|'''u'''<br />[u]
|'''ij · euv'''<br />[iː · yː]
|'''uv'''<br />[uː]
|-
!'''Mid-Close'''
|''' · y<ref>This was likely a lax near-close vowel, not a mid-close vowel; i.e. [ʏ], not [ø]. It later merged with /y/.</ref>'''<br />[ʏ]
|
|'''ei · eou'''<br />[eː · øː]
|'''ou'''<br />[oː]<ref>All of the mid-close long vowels may have been diphthongs, though the spelling is likely related to conventions borrowed from early Romance languages of the time rather than an indication of dipthongisation.</ref>
|-
!'''Mid-Open'''
|'''e · eo'''<br />[ɛ · œ]
|'''o'''<br />[ɔ]
|'''ae · eao'''<br />[ɛː · œː]
|'''ao'''<br />[ɔː]
|-
!'''Open'''
|
|'''a'''<br />[ɑ]
|
|'''aa'''<br />[ɑː]
|-
|}
===Consonants===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle"
!width=100px|
!width=65px|'''Labial'''
!width=65px|'''Dental'''
!width=65px|'''Alveolar'''
!width=65px|'''Palatal'''
!width=65px|'''Dorsal'''
|-
!'''Plosive'''
|'''p · b'''<br />[p~pʰ · b]
|'''t · d'''<br />[t~tʰ · d]
|
|
|'''k · g'''<br />[k~kʰ · g]
|-
!'''Nasal'''
|''' · m'''<br />[m]
|
|''' · n'''<br />[n]
|
|''' · n'''<ref>Before '''g''' or '''k'''</ref><br />[ŋ]
|-
!'''Fricative'''
|'''f · bv'''<br />[ɸ · β]
|'''ð · þ'''<br />[ð · θ]
|'''s · z'''<br />[s · ʐ]
|
|'''h · gy'''<br />[h · ɣ]
|-
!'''Approximant'''
|''' · v'''<br />[w]
|''' · l'''<br />[l̪~ɫ]
|''' · r'''<br />[r~ɾ]
|''' · j'''<br />[j]
|
|}


==Orthography of Old Valthungian==
==Orthography of Old Valthungian==
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