Verse:Hmøøh/Suwáábyíq/Literature: Difference between revisions

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===Vowels===

The vowel system is more complex~~, distinguishing about 9 vowel qualities with length in stressed syllables~~.

The vowel system is more complex.

Vowel length was not directly marked on the vowel. In Early {{PAGENAME}} each vowel had an independent length. This changed in Late {{PAGENAME}} when vowels before single consonants were lengthened and vowels before two consonants were shortened, so that the orthographic final came to determine vowel length. Thus, ''Tumm'' '~~bird~~' and ''trum'' 'flat' are respectively pronounced in Early {{PAGENAME}} /tuːmː/ and /trum/, which in Late {{PAGENAME}} became /tumː/ and /truːm/. Glottal stop finals were also deleted to trigger compensatory lengthening of the vowel, and final [-h] also disappeared, which is why open long vowels are written with an ''-h'' after the vowel.

Vowel length was not directly marked on the vowel. In Early {{PAGENAME}} each vowel had an independent length. This changed in Late {{PAGENAME}} when vowels before single consonants were lengthened and vowels before two consonants were shortened, so that the orthographic final came to determine vowel length. Thus, ''Tumm'' 'nephew' and ''trum'' 'flat' are respectively pronounced in Early {{PAGENAME}} /tuːmː/ and /trum/, which in Late {{PAGENAME}} became /tumː/ and /truːm/. Glottal stop finals were also deleted to trigger compensatory lengthening of the vowel, and final [-h] also disappeared, which is why open long vowels are written with an ''-h'' after the vowel.

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Diphthongs: '''au''' /aʊ/ '''äu''' /ɔʏ/ '''ei''' /ai/ '''io''' /io/ '''iu''' /iu/ '''uo''' /uo/ '''üe''' /yø/

Diphthongs: '''au''' /aʊ/ '''äu''' /ɔʏ/ '''ei''' /aɪ/ '''io''' /io/ '''iu''' /iu/ '''uo''' /uo/ '''üe''' /yø/

===Umlaut processes===

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 ===Vowels===
-The vowel system is more complex, distinguishing about 9 vowel qualities with length in stressed syllables.
+The vowel system is more complex.
-Vowel length was not directly marked on the vowel. In Early {{PAGENAME}} each vowel had an independent length. This changed in Late {{PAGENAME}} when vowels before single consonants were lengthened and vowels before two consonants were shortened, so that the orthographic final came to determine vowel length. Thus, ''Tumm''  'bird' and ''trum'' 'flat' are respectively pronounced in Early {{PAGENAME}} /tuːmː/ and /trum/, which in Late {{PAGENAME}} became /tumː/ and /truːm/. Glottal stop finals were also deleted to trigger compensatory lengthening of the vowel, and final [-h] also disappeared, which is why open long vowels are written with an ''-h'' after the vowel.
+Vowel length was not directly marked on the vowel. In Early {{PAGENAME}} each vowel had an independent length. This changed in Late {{PAGENAME}} when vowels before single consonants were lengthened and vowels before two consonants were shortened, so that the orthographic final came to determine vowel length. Thus, ''Tumm''  'nephew' and ''trum'' 'flat' are respectively pronounced in Early {{PAGENAME}} /tuːmː/ and /trum/, which in Late {{PAGENAME}} became /tumː/ and /truːm/. Glottal stop finals were also deleted to trigger compensatory lengthening of the vowel, and final [-h] also disappeared, which is why open long vowels are written with an ''-h'' after the vowel.
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-Diphthongs: '''au''' /aʊ/ '''äu''' /ɔʏ/ '''ei''' /ai/ '''io''' /io/ '''iu''' /iu/ '''uo''' /uo/ '''üe''' /yø/
+Diphthongs: '''au''' /aʊ/ '''äu''' /ɔʏ/ '''ei''' /aɪ/ '''io''' /io/ '''iu''' /iu/ '''uo''' /uo/ '''üe''' /yø/
 ===Umlaut processes===