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 ===Wulfilan Gothic to Post-Gothic===
 ====Vowels====
-Wulfilan Gothic had three (in some analyses five) short vowels and seven long vowels. The short vowels were maintained in Post-Gothic and the long vowels reduced to five; Wulfilan Gothic already showed signs of merging close-mid vowels with close ones:
+Wulfilan Gothic had three (in some analyses five) short vowels and seven long vowels. The short vowels were maintained in Post-Gothic and ⟨ē⟩ merged with ⟨ei⟩:
 *Got. ''[[wikt:𐌼𐌴𐍃#Gothic|mēs]]'' /eː/ → Post-Got. ''meis'' /iː/
 *Got. ''[[wikt:𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰#Gothic|blōma]]'' /oː/ → Post-Got. ''blūma'' /uː/
-This is attested in variant spellings such as ''[[wikt:𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃#Gothic|leikeis]]'' for ''[[wikt:𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃#Gothic|lēkeis]]''. In Post-Gothic this merger was complete.
+Wulfilan Gothic already showed signs of merging ⟨ē⟩ with ⟨ei⟩ attested in variant spellings such as ''[[wikt:𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃#Gothic|leikeis]]'' for ''[[wikt:𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃#Gothic|lēkeis]]''. In Post-Gothic this merger was complete.
-The most important sound change with respect to short vowels was loss of syllable-final ''h'' /h/ with compensatory lengthening:
+Syllable-final ''h'' /h/ with compensatory lengthening of the previous vowel:
 *Got. ''[[wikt:𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃#Gothic|mahts]]'' /mahts/ → Post-Got. ''māts'' /maːts/
 *Got. ''[[wikt:𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃#Gothic|raíhts]]'' /rɛhts/ → Post-Got. ''ráits'' /rɛːts/