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a ā e ē ė i ī ō ȯ u ū ay aw /a aː ɛ ɛː eː ɪ iː ɔː oː ʊ uː aj aw/ | a ā e ē ė i ī ō ȯ u ū ay aw /a aː ɛ ɛː eː ɪ iː ɔː oː ʊ uː aj aw/ | ||
===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||
Old Togarmite stress involved a lot of analogical levelling (particularly in verbs), and caused vowel lengthening as in Hebrew. | Stress is not entirely predictable, unlike in Arabic. Old Togarmite stress involved a lot of analogical levelling (particularly in verbs), and caused vowel lengthening as in Hebrew. | ||
Final stress is common but less so than in Hebrew: Togarmite words generally resemble Hebrew pausal forms (e.g. OTog ''yismāȝū'' /jisˈmaːʁuː/ 'they will hear', cf. Tiberian Hebrew pausal variant /jiʃˈmɔːʕuː/ for ישמעו /jiʃmăˈʕuː/ 'they hear'.) | Final stress is common but less so than in Hebrew: Togarmite words generally resemble Hebrew pausal forms (e.g. OTog ''yismāȝū'' /jisˈmaːʁuː/ 'they will hear', cf. Tiberian Hebrew pausal variant /jiʃˈmɔːʕuː/ for ישמעו /jiʃmăˈʕuː/ 'they hear'.) | ||