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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Vowels===
===Vowels===
''Grouped by orthography, not phonology''
''Grouped by historically relevant orthography, not contemporary phonology''
* Reduced: e
* Reduced: e
* Short: a, e, i, o, u
* Short: a, e, i, o, u
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* v, z, (g)
* v, z, (g)
* ... and l, r, j, w
* ... and l, r, j, w
==Sound Changes==
===From PWGmc Roots to Old===
* Loss of most final vowels after umlauting
* Ingvaeonic spirant vowel lengthening:
:* *munþ > mouth > måuw
:* *tanþiz > teeth > tee
:* *tanth > taath > taa
===From Old to Modern===
* Final -g causes diphthongisation
:* weg > wei
:* sag > såw
:* lig > lij
* Long i/u diphthongise
:* tijd > teid > taaid > tåid
:* bruun > broun > braaun > bråun
* a and o before (coda?) r lengthen
:* hert > hart > haart
:* word/wurd > word > woord
* Medial th(d?) Lost in some wors
;* weather = weer
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