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'''·''' /e̞/ becomes /ɘ/ in unstressed syllables and /ɛ/ in word medial unstressed syllables. | '''·''' /e̞/ becomes /ɘ/ in unstressed syllables and /ɛ/ in word medial unstressed syllables. | ||
====Umlaut and | ====Umlaut and diphtongs by umlaut==== | ||
In the course from Old Ikronurum to Middle Ikronurum the OIK long vowels suffered a process of diphtongization which, leaving MIK without a length contrast, but granted the advent of a set of diphthongs in its place. Since there is a certain, albeit small, change in the quality of the vowels (lowered vowels are heightened -normalized- as part of the diphtong) these are called "diphtongs by umlaut". | |||
Evolution of the OIK long vowels through to MIK diphtongs: | |||
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"|Old Ikronurum !! colspan="2"|early Middle Ikronurum !! colspan="2"|Middle Ikronurum | |||
|- | |||
| ‹ā› || /ɑː/ || ‹ā› || /ɑə̯/ || ‹á› || /ɑi̯/~/ai̯/~/ɐi̯/ | |||
|- | |||
| ‹ē› || /eː/ || ‹ē› || /eɪ̯/ || ‹é› || /ei̯/~/ɘi̯/ | |||
|- | |||
| ‹ī› || /ɪː/ || ‹ī› || /ɪi̯/ || ‹í› || /ei̯/~/ɛi̯/ | |||
|- | |||
| ‹ō› || /oː/ || ‹ō› || /oʊ̯/ || ‹ó› || /u̹/~/ʊ/ | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
====Other diphtongues==== | ====Other diphtongues==== | ||
‹io›(N/R) /io̯/(n) | |||
‹oj› = /o̞j/~/oi̯/ | |||
‹ój› = /u̜j/~/ui̯/ fish=strójr /ˈstɾu̜.jɾ̩/, fishy=strójrin /ˈstɾui̯.ɾin/ | |||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
====Consonant inventory==== | ====Consonant inventory==== | ||