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=== Vowels === | === Vowels === | ||
Same as in Welsh, get from Proto-Celtic vowel inventory /i e a o u iː eː aː uː ai au oi ou/ | Same as in Welsh, get from Proto-Celtic vowel inventory /i e a o u iː eː aː uː ai au oi ou/ | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Vowel developments<ref>{{harvnb|McCone|1996|p=145–165}}</ref> | |||
! rowspan="2" | [[Proto-Celtic language|Proto-Celtic]] | |||
! colspan="10" | Stage | |||
|- | |||
! I | |||
! II | |||
! III | |||
! IV | |||
! V | |||
! Vb | |||
! VI | |||
! VII | |||
! VIII | |||
! IX | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="5" {{vert header|Short vowels}} | |||
| colspan="10" | ''*a'' | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="10" | ''*e'' | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="6" | ''*i'' | |||
| colspan="5" | ''*ɪ'' | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="7" | ''*o'' | |||
| colspan="3" | ''*o'', ''*ʉ'' | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="7" | ''*u'' | |||
| colspan="3" | ''*u'', ''*ʉ'' | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="5" {{vert header|Long vowels}} | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*ā'' | |||
| colspan="5" | ''*ɔ̄'' | |||
| ''*ɔ'' | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="8" | ''*ē'' | |||
| colspan="2" | ''*ui'' | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="9" | ''*ī'' | |||
| colspan="2" | ''*i'' | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" | ''*ō'' | |||
| colspan="3" | ''*ū'' | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*ǖ'' | |||
| ''*ü'' | |||
|- | |||
| ''*ū'' | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*ǖ'' | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*ī'' | |||
| ''*i'' | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="2" {{vert header|Diphthongs}} | |||
| colspan="3" | ''*ai'' | |||
| colspan="5" | ''*ɛ̄'' | |||
| colspan="2" | ''*oi'' | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*au'' | |||
| colspan="5" | ''*ɔ̄'' | |||
| ''*ɔ'' | |||
|} | |||
=== Stress === | === Stress === | ||