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====Prepalatal gemination==== | ====Prepalatal gemination==== | ||
With the exception of ''h'', consonants followed by ''j'' were geminated in a similar process to that seen in [[w:West_Germanic_gemination|West and East Germanic]] but much more extensive, as in Italo-Romance. [[w:Sievers's_law|Sievers's law]] was no longer operational at this time, as the change also occurred | With the exception of ''h'', consonants followed by ''j'' were geminated in a similar process to that seen in [[w:West_Germanic_gemination|West and East Germanic]] but much more extensive, as in Italo-Romance. [[w:Sievers's_law|Sievers's law]] was no longer operational at this time, as the change also occurred after long vowels (which were subsequently shortened): | ||
Coronal consonants were palatalised during this gemination, and voiced sibilants ultimately degeminated: | Coronal consonants were palatalised during this gemination, and voiced sibilants ultimately degeminated: | ||