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Classical Windermere had six stressed vowels '''a e i o u ü''' /a ɛ i o u ü/ ('''ü''' was central unlike in Modern Windermere). It also had breathy voiced vowels '''aa ee ii oo uu üü''' /aʱ ɛʱ iʱ oʱ uʱ üʱ/ which became '''ä ea ie oa ua üe''' in Middle Windermere.
Classical Windermere had six stressed vowels '''a e i o u ü''' /a ɛ i o u ü/ ('''ü''' was central unlike in Modern Windermere). It also had breathy voiced vowels '''aa ee ii oo uu üü''' /aʱ ɛʱ iʱ oʱ uʱ üʱ/ which became '''ä ea ie oa ua üe''' in Middle Windermere.


Classical Windermere had more vowel contrasts in preinitial syllables: it had two reduced vowels, '''ă''' was unstressed /ɔ/ and i-breve was unstressed /ə~I/, and the two vowels merged to '''ă''' /ə/ in Modern Windermere. This contrast is retained in [[Pradiul]] as palatalization.
Classical Windermere had more vowel contrasts in preinitial syllables: it had two reduced vowels, '''ă''' was /ɔ/ and '''ĭ''' was /ə~ɪ/, and the two vowels merged to '''ă''' /ə/ in Modern Windermere. This contrast is retained in [[Pradiul]] as palatalization.


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