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===Standard New Gothic ===
==Standard New Gothic ==
==== Phonology ====
=== Phonology ===
==== Consonants ====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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!  !! Labial !! Coronal !! Dorsal !! Glottal
!  !! Labial !! Coronal !! Dorsal !! Glottal
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| Nasal || m || n || ||  
| Nasal || m || n || (ŋ)<sup>1</sup> ||  
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| Stop || p b || t d || k g ||  
| Stop || p<sup>2</sup> b || t<sup>2</sup> d || k<sup>2</sup> g ||  
|-
|-
| Affricate ||  || tʃ dʒ ||  ||  
| Affricate ||  || tʃ dʒ ||  ||  
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| Fricative || f v || t s ʃ ʒ || x || h
| Fricative || f v<sup>3</sup> || t s ʃ ʒ || x || h<sup>4</sup>
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| Approximant ||  ||  || j ||  
| Approximant ||  ||  || j ||  
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| Trill ||  || r ||  ||
| Trill ||  || r ||  ||
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<sup>1</sup> /ŋ/ is found only before the velar stops <br>
<sup>2</sup> The voiceless stops are unaspirated <br>
<sup>3</sup> /v/ is realized as [w] intervocally <br>
<sup>4</sup> /h/ is only found between vowels, and is used to break up vowel sequences
==== Vowels ====
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{| class="wikitable"
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! !! Front !! Back
! !! Front !! Central !! Back
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| Close || i iː y yː || u uː
| Close || i iː iə̯    y yː yə̯ ||  || u uː uə̯
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|-
| Close-mid || eː øː || oː
| Close-mid || eː eə̯    øː øə̯  || || oː oə̯
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|-
| Open-mid || ɛ ɛː œ œː || ɔ ɔː
| Open-mid || ɛ ɛː ɛə̯    œ œː œə̯ || ə || ɔ ɔː ɔə̯
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|-
| Open || a aː || ɑ ɑː
| Open || a aː aə̯ ||  || ɑ ɑː ɑə̯
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The centering diphthongs come from overlong vowels in Middle Gothic. No surviving dialect kept them as overlong. They were either broken or shortened.
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