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*''b) An unstressed short vowel (i.e. /a, e, i, u/) is deleted after an unstressed syllable when word-final or before word-final /z/.''<br /> | *''b) An unstressed short vowel (i.e. /a, e, i, u/) is deleted after an unstressed syllable when word-final or before word-final /z/.''<br /> | ||
*''c) (Later), unstressed /a, e, i/ is deleted when word-final. | *''c) (Later), unstressed /a, e, i/ is deleted when word-final. | ||
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''Unstressed long vowels are shortened when word-final.'' | *''Unstressed long vowels are shortened when word-final.'' | ||
*NB: At this stage of the language, there was no short /o/; when /ō/ was shortened in East Germanic, it was lowered to /a/. (In North and West Germanic, /ō/ was raised to /u/.) | |||
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