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==Development== | ==Development== | ||
===Vocalic changes=== | ===Vocalic changes=== | ||
The Atlantic vocalic system was formed through an evolution that, while with many common elements with other Romance languages, was unique in having kept long and short {{IPA|/a/}} distinct, the former shifting to {{IPA|/ɑ/}} and later merging with surviving instances of {{IPA|/ɔ/}}. Otherwise, the development of vowels was much like Sicilian, as the table below hints: | The Atlantic vocalic system was formed through an evolution that, while with many common elements with other Romance languages, was unique in having kept long and short {{IPA|/a/}} distinct, the former shifting to {{IPA|/ɑ/}} and later merging with surviving instances of {{IPA|/ɔ/}}. Otherwise, the development of vowels was much like Sicilian, as the table below hints at: | ||
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Note that original Latin long ''a'' only merged with ''o'' later, and never underwent vowel breaking. | Note that original Latin long ''a'' only merged with ''o'' later, and never underwent vowel breaking. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||