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''“Stressed short vowels become long when word-final.”'' | ''“Stressed short vowels become long when word-final.”'' | ||
E.g. ''bi'' | E.g.: | ||
{| class="bluetable" | |||
|- | |||
!width="75"| P.Gmc. | |||
!width="75"| Gothic | |||
!width="75"| Griut. | |||
!width="75"| O.Val. | |||
!width="75"| M.Val. | |||
!width="75"| Valth. | |||
!width="75"| | |||
|- | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''bi''''' <br />/bi/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''bi''''' <br />/bi/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''bi''''' <br />/bi/ | |||
|style="text-align: center; background-color: palegreen;"| '''''bij''''' <br />/biː/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''bī''''' <br />/biː/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''bī''''' <br />/biː/ | |||
|style="text-align: left; vertical-align: text-top;"| ‘by’ | |||
|- | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''þu''''' <br />/θu/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''þu''''' <br />/θu/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''þu''''' <br />/θu/ | |||
|style="text-align: center; background-color: palegreen;"| '''''þū''''' <br />/θuː/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''þū''''' <br />/θuː/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''þū''''' <br />/θuː/ | |||
|style="text-align: left; vertical-align: text-top;"| ‘you’ | |||
|- | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''sa''''' <br />/sɑ/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''sa''''' <br />/sɑ/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''sa''''' <br />/sɑ/ | |||
|style="text-align: center; background-color: palegreen;"| '''''sā''''' <br />/sɑː/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''sā''''' <br />/sɑː/ | |||
|style="text-align: center;"| '''''sā''''' <br />/sɑː/ | |||
|style="text-align: left; vertical-align: text-top;"| ‘the’ | |||
|} | |||
====Lengthening of /ij/==== | ====Lengthening of /ij/==== |