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Ancient Cubrite retained Proto-Canaanite vowel length and developed overlong vowels. | Ancient Cubrite retained Proto-Canaanite vowel length and developed overlong vowels. | ||
'''a e i u | '''a e i u ā ē ī ō ū ȳ ê î ô û ŷ''' /a ɛ~e ɪ~ɨ ʊ~o aː ɛː iː ɔː uː yː ɛːː iːː ɔːː uːː yːː/ | ||
Many instances of long and overlong vowels resulted from dropped aleph and he and instances of lost gemination in grammatical affixes. For example: ''pû'' 'come! (m.sg.)' (from * | Many instances of long and overlong vowels resulted from dropped aleph and he and instances of lost gemination in grammatical affixes. For example: ''pû'' 'come! (m.sg.)' (from *būʔ < *buʔ, Tiberian Hebrew /bo:/) | ||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||