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** new ā from 3ayn loss (same condition as Maltese ghá and ágh) causes ā > ō after emphatics | ** new ā from 3ayn loss (same condition as Maltese ghá and ágh) causes ā > ō after emphatics | ||
** The combination of imāla and Irish borrowing has resulted in two archiphonemes: Ē (Classical ā), Ā (Middle Irish á) (ē and ā respectively after nonemphatics; both become ō after emphatics after ayin loss) | ** The combination of imāla and Irish borrowing has resulted in two archiphonemes: Ē (Classical ā), Ā (Middle Irish á) (ē and ā respectively after nonemphatics; both become ō after emphatics after ayin loss) | ||
*** Some analogical leveling happens, though, which collapses some occurrences to invariable /ē ā ō/ | |||
== Phonology == | == Phonology == | ||