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* Gothic ''taihun'', ''*mili'', ''aftarō''
* Gothic ''taihun'', ''*mili'', ''aftarō''


====Unstr. Final Short Vowel Deletion====
====Unstressed Final Short Vowel Deletion====


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V[-lng][-str] > Ø / ...complicated order.
{|
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| V[-lng][-str][-rnd] > Ø / || a) σ(V[+lng]{V, C})C__(z)#
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| &nbsp; || b) V[-str]C__(z)#
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| &nbsp;|| c) C[-rnd]#
|}
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*''a) Unstressed /a, e, i/ is deleted if following a long stressed syllable when word-final or when followed by word-final /z/.''<br />
*''a) An unstressed unrounded short vowel (i.e. /a, e, i/) is deleted if following a stressed syllable (containing a long diphthong or a long vowel followed by a consonant) when word-final or before word-final /z/.''<br />
*''b) Any unstressed short vowel (i.e. /a, e, i, u/) is deleted after an unstressed syllable when word-final or when followed by word-final /z/.''<br />
*''b) An unstressed short vowel (i.e. /a, e, i, u/) is deleted after an unstressed syllable when word-final or before word-final /z/.''<br />
*''c) (Later), unstressed /a, e, i/ is deleted when word-final.
*''c) (Later), unstressed /a, e, i/ is deleted when word-final.
*NB: At this stage of the language, there was no short /o/; when /ō/ was shortened in East Germanic, it was lowered to /a/. (In North and West Germanic, /ō/ was raised to /u/.)


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