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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
Less conservative; vowels in stressed syllables are lengthened, unstressed vowels reduced when historically short | Less conservative; vowels in stressed syllables are lengthened, unstressed vowels reduced when historically short | ||
a e i o ea oa eo ie /a e i o eə oə ø y/ | a e i o ea oa eo ie /a e i o eə oə ø y/ | ||
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Russian/Hebrew style alternation between pretonic a and propretonic ə | Russian/Hebrew style alternation between pretonic a and propretonic ə | ||
Diachronics: | |||
In stressed syllables: a e i u ā ē ī ū > a ea e o oa ie i eo usually. | |||
In pretonic syllables: a o i e > a a e e; in propretonic syllables: a o i e > ǎ ǎ ǐ ǐ | |||
===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||