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* Nasals are pronounced like their oral counterparts with nasalisation. | * Nasals are pronounced like their oral counterparts with nasalisation. | ||
* Diphthongs are pronounced like their monophthong constituents in succession. | * Diphthongs are pronounced like their monophthong constituents in succession. | ||
* Long {{ash|⟨u⟩}} does not exist because original PG ''*ū'' diphthongised and PG ''*u'' turned into either {{ash|⟨o⟩}} or {{ash|⟨y⟩}} in weak syllables depending on umlaut. | * Long {{ash|⟨u⟩}} does not exist because original PG ''*ū'' diphthongised into {{ash|⟨eu⟩}} and PG ''*u'' turned into either {{ash|⟨o⟩}} or {{ash|⟨y⟩}} in weak syllables depending on umlaut. | ||
===Examples=== | ===Examples=== | ||