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Ancient Cubrite retained Proto-Canaanite vowel length and developed overlong vowels. It had the chain shift ''ā'' > ''ō | Ancient Cubrite retained Proto-Canaanite vowel length and developed overlong vowels. It had the chain shift ''ā'' > ''ō'' > ''ū'', similar to Punic and [[Judeo-Gaelic]] Hebrew, and developed a new ''ā'' from compensatory lengthening. | ||
'''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/ | '''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/ | ||