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====Notes on vowel diachronics====
====Notes on vowel diachronics====
Ouřefr has lost Proto-Nabŋaic vowel length. Pre-Proto-Nabŋaic i u e a ī ū ē ā become e o e a i y ě o when not lengthened. Unlike in Nabbrzé, some vowel devoicing has occurred (cf. Japanese), which gave Ouřefr more consonant clusters.
Ouřefr has lost Proto-Nabŋaic vowel length. Pre-Proto-Nabŋaic i u e a ī ū ē ā become e o e a i y ě o when not lengthened. Some vowel devoicing has occurred (cf. Japanese), which gave Ouřefr more consonant clusters.


Long vowels result from open-syllable lengthening (OSL): **čettijn > *četijn; **četijn > *čétijn. OSL occurred before the devoicing, making the Ourefr distribution of long vowels somewhat similar to Czech.
Long vowels result from open-syllable lengthening (OSL): **čettijn > *četijn; **četijn > *čétijn. OSL occurred before the devoicing, making the Ourefr distribution of long vowels somewhat similar to Czech.
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Most speakers today are in the process of merging /ɜː/ into '''á''' /aː/.
Most speakers today are in the process of merging /ɜː/ into '''á''' /aː/.


As suggested by the spelling, '''ŕ''' /ɜː/ comes from syllabic ''r''; they are cognate to Nabbrzé ''-arz/-árz''.
As suggested by the spelling, '''ŕ''' /ɜː/ comes from syllabic ''r''.


'''ae''' mostly comes from historical ''aje'' or ''awe''.
'''ae''' mostly comes from historical ''aje'' or ''awe''.
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