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Old Windermere had breathy voiced vowels '''ah eh ih oh uh üh''' /aʱ eʱ iʱ oʱ uʱ yʱ/ which became '''ä ea ie oa ua üe''' in Classical Winderemre. | Old Windermere had breathy voiced vowels '''ah eh ih oh uh üh''' /aʱ eʱ iʱ oʱ uʱ yʱ/ which became '''ä ea ie oa ua üe''' in Classical Winderemre. | ||
Old Windermere had more vowel contrasts in preinitial syllables: it had '''ă''' /ə/ and '''ĭ''' /ɪ/ as reduced vowels which merged to '''ă''' in Classical Windermere. This contrast is retained in [[Pradiul]] as palatalization of the preceding consonant. | Old Windermere had more vowel contrasts in preinitial syllables: most notably, it had '''ă''' /ə/ and '''ĭ''' /ɪ/ as reduced vowels which merged to '''ă''' in Classical Windermere. This contrast is retained in [[Pradiul]] as palatalization of the preceding consonant. | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== |
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