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The grapheme <æ> is freqently pronounced /ɛ/ and written as <e> if it falls within a stressed syllable. <y> is pronounced /ʌ/, reflected in the ''Uannar'' when it was first developed, but in contemporary speech may be pronounced /ɪ/ or /ɛ/; this change resulted as a compromise between separate sound changes that occurred in two separate dialects. /ð/ generally changes to /d/ when preceded by a voiced nasal or liquid, or by a vowel followed by an obstruent or voiced nasal or liquid. | The grapheme <æ> is freqently pronounced /ɛ/ and written as <e> if it falls within a stressed syllable. <y> is pronounced /ʌ/, reflected in the ''Uannar'' when it was first developed, but in contemporary speech may be pronounced /ɪ/ or /ɛ/; this change resulted as a compromise between separate sound changes that occurred in two separate dialects. /ð/ generally changes to /d/ when preceded by a voiced nasal or liquid, or by a vowel followed by an obstruent or voiced nasal or liquid. | ||
An example of the current orthographical representation and original pronunciation, and the current pronunciation in the | An example of the current orthographical representation and original pronunciation in the Viránt Gæţwin, and the current pronunciation in the Modern Colloquial Gæţwin, is represented in the following example: | ||
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! rowspan="2" | Differences | ! rowspan="2" | Differences | ||
| | | Viránt Gæţwin | ||
| Đæl mireli torma ueðen | | Đæl mireli torma ueðen | ||
| /ðæl 'mirɛli torma wɛðyn/ | | /ðæl 'mirɛli torma wɛðyn/ | ||
| rowspan="2" | "The chair was (sitting) over there." | | rowspan="2" | "The chair was (sitting) over there." | ||
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| | | Modern Colloquial Gæţwin | ||
| Đæl mireli torma ueðen | | Đæl mireli torma ueðen | ||
| /dɛ 'mirli 'dɔmʌ wedɪn/ | | /dɛ 'mirli 'dɔmʌ wedɪn/ | ||