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==== Elision ====
==== Elision ====
Unstressed, short vowels are elided when near stressed and/or long occurrences of the same vowel.
Unstressed, short vowels are elided when near stressed and/or long occurrences of the same vowel.
* Gothic ''alamanns'' → ''*almanns'' → ''almann'', 'German'.


==== Metathesis ====
==== Metathesis ====
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| Open || a aː aə̯ ||  || ɑ ɑː ɑə̯
| Open || a aː aə̯ ||  || ɑ ɑː ɑə̯
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/ɑə̯/ is incredibly rare, as the environment it comes from was mostly found only in compounds. <br>
The centering diphthongs come from overlong vowels in Middle Gothic. No surviving dialect kept them as overlong. They were either broken or shortened.
The centering diphthongs come from overlong vowels in Middle Gothic. No surviving dialect kept them as overlong. They were either broken or shortened.
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