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It is further noted that ⟨ä́⟩ arising from Gothic ⟨ái⟩ — but ''not'' ⟨ä́⟩ from Gothic ⟨a⟩ — is pronounced as [eː] in every dialect other than Standard Niemish, and the Standard pronunciation [ɛː] seems to have originated as a spelling pronunciation.
It is further noted that ⟨ä́⟩ arising from Gothic ⟨ái⟩ — but ''not'' ⟨ä́⟩ from Gothic ⟨a⟩ — is pronounced as [eː] in every dialect other than Standard Niemish, and the Standard pronunciation [ɛː] seems to have originated as a spelling pronunciation.


Some vowels can be considered allophones depending on the previous consonant’s palatalisation:
The vowels are represented in Niemish orthography thus:


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