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Essentially, the differences between older forms of the language and newer forms is that the newer forms avoid any and all clusters by making them geminated consonants. | Essentially, the differences between older forms of the language and newer forms is that the newer forms avoid any and all clusters by making them geminated consonants. | ||
===Vowels=== | |||
The '''core''' vowels in their traditional groupings: | |||
[[File:Crescentvowels2.png|300px|thumb|right|Crescent Vowel diagram showing the realisation of the vowels affected by vowel harmony.]] | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 330px; text-align:center;" | |||
! style="width: 68px; "| | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Front | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Near Front | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Back | |||
|- | |||
! style="" |Close | |||
| i | |||
| ü | |||
| u | |||
|- | |||
! style="" |Mid | |||
| e | |||
| ö | |||
| o | |||
|- | |||
! style="" |Open | |||
| | |||
| ä | |||
| a | |||
|} | |||
The shape of vowels that aren't e/i (which are considered additional epenthetic vowels) has been referred to as ''crescent shaped''. This is because of how they are realised (see diagram). | |||