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| *Vowel reduction: | | *Vowel reduction: |
| **final originally unstressed long > short | | **final originally unstressed long > short |
| Minimal triples for overlong vowels:
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| * ''jammo'' 'seaward', ''jammō'' 'a dove', ''jammô'' 'her sea'
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| * ''ju'' 'or' ''jū'' 'they were' ''jû'' 'they will be'
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| * ''suprī'' 'count! (f.sg.)', ''suprî'' 'literary, written'
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| * ''harbi!'' 'do something a lot! (m.sg.)' ''harbī!'' 'ibid., f.sg.' ''harbî'' 'numerous'
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| * ''bētū'' 'his house', ''bētû'' 'his houses'
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| * ''rū3ē'' 'evils of', ''rū3ê'' 'friends of'
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| ==Phonology== | | ==Phonology== |