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====Consonants====
====Consonants====
The proposed [[w:Thurneysen's law|Thurneysen's law]] became fully operational in Post-Gothic, although it was modified:
The proposed [[w:Thurneysen's law|Thurneysen's law]] became fully operational in Post-Gothic, although it was modified:
#Spirants gained or lost voice in dissimilation with the consonant beginning the previous syllable. This occurred in ''all'' syllables, not only unstressed ones.
#Spirants gained or lost voice in dissimilation with the consonant beginning the previous syllable. This occurred after ''all'' syllables, not only unstressed ones.
#Clusters cease to be treated differently from simple consonants in their effect on the gain or loss of voice in fricatives of subsequent syllables.
#Clusters cease to be treated differently from simple consonants in their effect on the gain or loss of voice in fricatives of subsequent syllables.
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌷𐌻𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌽#Gothic|hlifan]]'' → Post-Got. ''hliban''
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌷𐌻𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌽#Gothic|hlifan]]'' → Post-Got. ''hliban''
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