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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". --> | 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: | Evolution of the OIK long vowels through to MIK diphtongs: | ||
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! colspan="2"| | ! colspan="2"| OIK !! colspan="2"| eMIK !! colspan="2"| MIK | ||
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| ‹ā› || /ɑː/ || ‹ā› || /ɑə̯/ || ‹á› || /ɑi̯/~/ai̯/~/ɐi̯/ | | ‹ā› || /ɑː/ || ‹ā› || /ɑə̯/ || ‹á› || /ɑi̯/~/ai̯/~/ɐi̯/ | ||