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We have just seen the digraphs of Brythohellenic: ''dh'' [ð], ''gh'' [h], and ''th'' [θ]. | We have just seen the digraphs of Brythohellenic: ''dh'' [ð], ''gh'' [h], and ''th'' [θ]. | ||
===Stress=== | |||
Ancient Greek has undergone deep changes during its coexistence with Latin and above all with the '''Brythonic languages'''. Two main changes have been: | |||
* often the hiatus with 'i' has become a diphthong, ex.: ''σοφία'' > *''σόφια'' > '''seifegh''', "knowledge"; | |||
* almost always the last syllable has fallen, ex.: ''καινός'' > '''kaen''', "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"; '''aelur''' ['ai̯lur], "cat" > '''aeluroe''' [ai̯'luroi̯], "cats". | |||