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Vowels with diacritics over them are not indicative of stress, nor do they signify a long version of the unmarked vowel. They are letters in their own right, seperate from vowels without an accent. All letters with ''´'' are inherently long, and have no short version. In order to make the unmarked vowels long, one simply doubles them: | Vowels with diacritics over them are not indicative of stress, nor do they signify a long version of the unmarked vowel. They are letters in their own right, seperate from vowels without an accent. All letters with ''´'' are inherently long, and have no short version. In order to make the unmarked vowels long, one simply doubles them: | ||
* ''a'' /æ/ - ''aa'' /æ:/ | * ''a'' /æ/ - ''aa'' /æ:/ | ||
* ''á'' /a:/ | * ''á'' /a:/ | ||
* ''e'' /ɛ/ or /ʌ/ - ''ee'' /ɛ:/ or /ʌ:/ | * ''e'' /ɛ/ or /ʌ/ - ''ee'' /ɛ:/ or /ʌ:/ | ||
* ''é'' /e:/ | * ''é'' /e:/ | ||
* ''i'' /ɪ/ - ''ii'' /ɪ:/ | * ''i'' /ɪ/ - ''ii'' /ɪ:/ | ||
* ''í'' /i:/ | * ''í'' /i:/ | ||
* ''o'' /ɔ/ - ''oo'' /ɔ:/ | * ''o'' /ɔ/ - ''oo'' /ɔ:/ | ||
* ''ó'' /o:/ | * ''ó'' /o:/ | ||
* ''u'' /u/ - ''uu'' /u:/ | * ''u'' /u/ - ''uu'' /u:/ | ||
''U'' is the only vowel that does not have a marked counterpart. Furthermore, it is not common to see a doubled ''I'' or ''E''. <br> | ''U'' is the only vowel that does not have a marked counterpart. Furthermore, it is not common to see a doubled ''I'' or ''E''. <br> | ||
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* ''oe, ae, ue, ie'' | * ''oe, ae, ue, ie'' | ||
There are also additional | There are also additional trigraphs: | ||
* '' | * ''aui'' /ø/ | ||
* ''aae'' /æ:e̯/ | * ''aae'' /æ:e̯/ | ||
* ''aai'' /æ:i̯/ | * ''aai'' /æ:i̯/ | ||
===Sound Shifts from other Germanic Languages=== | ===Sound Shifts from other Germanic Languages=== | ||