User:IlL/A Danified analytic Neo-Arabic/Diachronics
PCanaanite to Ancient Knench
- ā → ō → ū
- Final ʔ and h deleted, yielding overlong vowels
Ancient Knench to Middle Knench
- Unstressed long vowels shorten, preserving vowel quality
- Stress shift
- Maghrebi syncope; pretonic /a/ and /e/ deleted