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==Diachronics==
==Diachronics==
===Phonological history===
===Phonological history===
*ə > 0 after aspirated consonants. This makes the voicing alternation in the Classical Wdm. spirants ''f'' and ''th'' phonemic; the /ɣ/ allophone disappears, lengthens the preceding vowel.
*ə > 0 after aspirated consonants. This makes the voicing alternation in the Classical Wdm. spirants ''f'' and ''th'' phonemic.
*r > ɹ
*r > ɹ
*ł > ś, ş > ṣ
*ł > ś, ş > ṣ