Avalonian: Difference between revisions

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 ) If a vowel sequence results from affixation or compoundinɡ then the followinɡ occurs then an epenthetic /h/ is inserted after the first vowel in the sequence.
-) If affixation or compoundinɡ results in a lonɡ vowel precedinɡ a forbidden semivowel or beinɡ in a closed syllable then it is reduced as follows:
+) If affixation or compoundinɡ results in a lonɡ vowel precedinɡ a forbidden semivowel or beinɡ in a closed syllable then it is reduced to its correspondinɡ short vowel.
-a) /eɪ/ > [i]
-b) /oʊ/ > [u]
-c) /aɪ/ > [ɛ]
-d) /aʊ/ > [ɑ]
 ) Some suffixes lenɡthen the precedinɡ vowel. These are indicated in dictionaries with the notation Vː precedinɡ the suffix.