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 ===Vowels===
-Classical Windermere had six vowels '''a e i o u ü''' /a ɛ i o u ü/ ('''ü''' was central unlike in Modern Windermere). It also had breathy voiced vowels '''aa ee ii oo uu üü''' /aʱ ɛʱ iʱ oʱ uʱ üʱ/ which became '''ä ea ie oa ua üe''' in Middle Windermere.
+Classical Windermere had six stressed vowels '''a e i o u ü''' /a ɛ i o u ü/ ('''ü''' was central unlike in Modern Windermere). It also had breathy voiced vowels '''aa ee ii oo uu üü''' /aʱ ɛʱ iʱ oʱ uʱ üʱ/ which became '''ä ea ie oa ua üe''' in Middle Windermere.
+Classical Windermere had more vowel contrasts in preinitial syllables: it had two reduced vowels, '''ă''' was unstressed /ɔ/ and i-breve was unstressed /ə~I/, and the two vowels merged to '''ă''' /ə/ in Modern Windermere. This contrast is retained in [[Pradiul]] as palatalization.
-Classical Windermere had more vowel contrasts in preinitial syllables: it had two reduced vowels, '''ă''' /ə/ and '''i''' /ɪ/, which merged to '''ă''' in Modern Windermere. This contrast is retained in [[Pradiul]] as palatalization.
 ===Phonotactics===
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