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* ''y'' /ai̯/ | * ''y'' /ai̯/ | ||
Vowels can additionally come paired with ''E'' | Vowels can additionally come paired with ''E'' (with the exception of ''E'' itself), which always produces the construction /Vɛ/ regardless of stress. The original vowel retains its original quality, this occurs only with unmarked vowels. | ||
oe, ae, ue | * ''oe, ae, ue, ie'' | ||
There are also additional vowel constructs that function as digraphs or trigraphs: | |||
* ''ui'' /ø/ | |||
* ''aae'' /æ:e̯/ | |||
* ''aai'' /æ:i̯/ | |||
===Sound Shifts from other Germanic Languages=== | |||
Perhaps the largest change from Germanic phonology in Buerkáns is the voicing of the original Germanic /f~v/ or /ʋ to /b/, however, this does not occur when the sound is word-initial: | |||
* Danish ''Hoved'' /'ho:.ʋɛð/ to Buerkáns ''Hoeb'' /'hɔɛb/ - head | |||
* German ''Bewegen'' /bɛ've:.gɛn/ to Buerkáns ''bebége'' /bə'be:.xə - to move | |||
* Swedish ''gräva'' /gɾe:.va/ to Buerkáns ''graabe'' /græ:.bə/ - to dig | |||
* German ''verstehen'' /fɛʁ'ʃte:.ɛn/ to Buerkáns ''foerstaande'' /fɔɛ̯r'ʃtæ:n.dɘ/ - to understand | |||
Voicing og /v/ to /b/ from other germanic roots - Hoved, Hof --> Hoeb | Voicing og /v/ to /b/ from other germanic roots - Hoved, Hof --> Hoeb | ||