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Stress shifts away from final by one foot; this stress shift happens at the same time as the Welsh penultimate stress shift and leads to umlaut downstream
== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
=== Knench New Quantity System ===
=== Knench New Quantity System ===
Gemination is lost at this point, with the information transferring to the preceding vowel
Shift to penult stress; vowels lengthen in stressed syllables or monosyllables, phonemicizing vowel quality. Gemination is lost at this point, with the information transferring to the preceding vowel.


== Grammar ==
== Grammar ==