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Ouřefr has lost Proto-Nabŋaic vowel length. Pre-Proto-Nabŋaic i u e a ī ū ē ā has become e o e a i y ě o when not lengthened; Unlike in Nabbrzé, some devoicing of short i and u has occurred (cf. Japanese), which gave Ouřefr more consonant clusters. | Ouřefr has lost Proto-Nabŋaic vowel length. Pre-Proto-Nabŋaic i u e a ī ū ē ā has become e o e a i y ě o when not lengthened; Unlike in Nabbrzé, some devoicing of short i and u has occurred (cf. Japanese), which gave Ouřefr more consonant clusters. | ||
Long vowels result from open-syllable lengthening: **čettijn > *četijn; **četijn > *čétijn. This occurred before the devoicing, making Ourefr distribution of long vowels somewhat similar to Czech. | Long vowels result from open-syllable lengthening: **čettijn > *četijn; **četijn > *čétijn. This occurred before the devoicing, making the Ourefr distribution of long vowels somewhat similar to Czech. | ||
Modern '''ie ei/ij oe ú''' result from older 'ää ý/í ó ú. Old Ouřefr u, ú has shifted to i, ij after soft consonants ''j č ž š ň *ľ ř''. | Modern '''ie ei/ij oe ú''' result from older 'ää ý/í ó ú. Old Ouřefr u, ú has shifted to i, ij after soft consonants ''j č ž š ň *ľ ř''. | ||