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==Phonology of Old Valthungian ca. 950 a.d.== | ==Phonology of Old Valthungian ca. 950 a.d.== | ||
===Vowels=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | |||
</ | |- | ||
! width=100px rowspan="2"| | |||
! colspan="2"| '''Short Vowels''' | |||
! rowspan="6"| | |||
! colspan="2"| '''Long Vowels''' | |||
|- | |||
! width=65px| '''Front''' | |||
! width=65px| '''Back''' | |||
! width=65px| '''Front''' | |||
! width=65px| '''Back''' | |||
|- | |||
!'''Close''' | |||
|'''i · eu'''<br />[i · y] | |||
|'''u'''<br />[u] | |||
|'''ii · euu'''<br />[iː · yː] | |||
|'''uu'''<br />[uː] | |||
|- | |||
!'''Mid-Close''' | |||
|''' · y<ref>This was likely a lax near-close vowel; i.e. [ʏ], not [ø]</ref>'''<br />[ʏ] | |||
| | |||
|'''ei · eou'''<br />[eː · øː] | |||
|'''ou'''<br />[oː] | |||
|- | |||
!'''Mid-Open''' | |||
|'''e · eo'''<br />[ɛ · œ] | |||
|'''o'''<br />[ɔ] | |||
|'''ae · eao'''<br />[ɛː · œː] | |||
|'''ao'''<br />[ɔː] | |||
|- | |||
!'''Open''' | |||
| | |||
|'''a'''<br />[ɑ] | |||
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|'''aa'''<br />[ɑː] | |||
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|} | |||
==Orthography of Old Valthungian== | ==Orthography of Old Valthungian== | ||
There is very little extant text in Old Valthungian, and what does exist is quite variable, but this is a “regularlised” version of the orthography used at the time, with notes where there are variants. | There is very little extant text in Old Valthungian, and what does exist is quite variable, but this is a “regularlised” version of the orthography used at the time, with notes where there are variants. | ||