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 ====Emergence of /ɨː/====
-The long /iː/ (from Gothic ''ei'' and ''ē'') became ''y'' /ɨː/ when preceded by a labial or labialised consonant (/p, b, m, f, w, kʷ, gʷ/) and not followed by a front vowel in the next syllable. Labialised velars were subsequently delabialised:
+Long /iː/ (from Gothic ''ei'' and ''ē'') became ''y'' /ɨː/ when preceded by a labial or labialised consonant (/p, b, m, f, w, kʷ, gʷ/) and not followed by a front vowel in the next syllable. Labialised velars were subsequently delabialised:
 *Got. ''[[wikt:𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍃𐍄#Gothic|beist]]'' → ''byst''
 *Got. ''[[wikt:𐌼𐌴𐍃#Gothic|mēs]]'' → ''meis'' → ''mysz''
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 #At some point ''[[wikt:𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃#Gothic|qēns]]'' and ''[[wikt:𐌵𐌹𐌽𐍉#Gothic|qinō]]'' merged into one word.
+====Open syllable lengthening====
+Although open syllable lengthening occurred in all dialects of Niemish, the result was not the same in all dialects.
+In the Great Plains dialect (and by extension the Standard), open syllable lengthening was blocked before voiceless plosives.
+The Westlandic dialect underwent the law of open syllables: where possible, consonants in the syllable coda were resyllabified into the onset of the following syllable.