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====The 'Long' Vowels==== | ====The 'Long' Vowels and Diphthongs==== | ||
The distribution of Norþimris long vowels and diphthongs is complicated. In general there is a tendency to pronounce historically long vowels as diphthongs in most environments. | |||
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| /æː/ | |||
| ''iy'' | |||
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| /eə/ | |||
| ''ea'' | |||
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| /ei̯/ | |||
| ''ey'' | |||
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| (/i̯a/) | |||
| ''ea'' | |||
| an allophone of /eə/ in initial position | |||
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| /iə/ | |||
| ''ee, eu'' | |||
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| /ii̯/ | |||
| ''ei'' | |||
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| (/ɪu̯/) | |||
| ''eu'' | |||
| dialectally | |||
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| /oː/ | |||
| ''au, oo'' | |||
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| (/oə/) | |||
| ''oo'' | |||
| an occasional allophone of /oː/ dialectally | |||
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| /ɔu̯/ | |||
| ''ou'' | |||
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| /ʊu̯/ | |||
| ''uy'' | |||
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===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||
Primary stress is usually on the first syllable of a word (e.g. ''ápel, átermot, héfenlie''). The prefixes ''a-, be-'' and ''fer-'' do not usually bear stress, so the following element takes it (e.g. ''ahínt, fersétand''). | Primary stress is usually on the first syllable of a word (e.g. ''ápel, átermot, héfenlie''). The prefixes ''a-, be-'' and ''fer-'' do not usually bear stress, so the following element takes it (e.g. ''ahínt, fersétand''). | ||