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! Open
! Open
|| || || a /ä/ ||  aa /ä:/ ||  ||  
|| || || a /ä/ ||  aa /ä:/ ||  ||  
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This system starts to develop further in this sense that those combinations of vowels containing an /i/ as the second part start to shift to /e/ (with the exception of /ui/, /üi/ and /ii/) and furthermore become long vowels. This means that now both "closed" and "open" vowels have an opposition of quantity between long vs. short. The vowel /ä/ splits into the vowels /a/, /a:/ for open vowel positions and /ɑ/, /ɑ:/ for closed vowel positions.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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!  !! Front short !! Front long !! Central short !! Central long !! Back short !! Back long
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! Close
| i /i/ ü /ü/ || ii /i:/ üü /ü:/ || || || u /u/ uu /u:/ ||
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! Near-close
|| î /ɪ/ û /ʏ/ || îî /ɪ:/ ûû /ʏ:/ || || || u: /ʊ/ || uu: /ʊ:/
|-
! Close-mid
|| e /e/ ö /ö/ || ee /e:/ öö /ö:/ || || || o /o/ || oo /o:/
|-
! Near-open
|| ë /ɛ/ ô /œ/ || ëë /ɛ:/ ôô /œ:/|| || || o: /ɔ/ || oo: /ɔ:/
|-
! Near-open
|| ä /æ/ || ää /æ:/ || || || ||
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! Open
|| a /a/ || aa /a:/ || || || a: /ɑ/  || aa: /ɑ:/
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