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* often the hiatus with 'i' has become a diphthong, ex.: ''σοφία'' > *''σόφια'' > '''hef''', "knowledge"; | * often the hiatus with 'i' has become a diphthong, ex.: ''σοφία'' > *''σόφια'' > '''hef''', "knowledge"; | ||
* almost always the last syllable has fallen, ex.: ''καινός'' > ''' | * almost always the last syllable has fallen, ex.: ''καινός'' > '''kæn''', "new"; ''θάνατος'' > '''thanadh''', "death". | ||
These two phoenomena have influenced heavily the stress system of Brythohellenic. Nowadays the stress steadily falls on the last but one syllable: this means that in the plural forms of nouns it shifts, ex.: '''thalas''' ['θalas], "sea" > '''thalasas''' [θa'lasas], "seas"; ''' | These two phoenomena have influenced heavily the stress system of Brythohellenic. Nowadays the stress steadily falls on the last but one syllable: this means that in the plural forms of nouns it shifts, ex.: '''thalas''' ['θalas], "sea" > '''thalasas''' [θa'lasas], "seas"; '''ælŵr''' ['ai̯lur], "cat" > '''ælŵrø''' [ai̯'luroi̯], "cats". | ||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||