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Cualand Ăn Yidiș has a version of the Scots vowel length system: except for stressed /ə iə uə yə/, every stressed vowel is allophonically long when: | Cualand Ăn Yidiș has a version of the Scots vowel length system: except for stressed /ə iə uə yə/, every stressed vowel is allophonically long when: | ||
* Before voiced fricatives, namely /v, ð, z, ʑ, ʁ/, and also before /r/. | * Before voiced fricatives, namely /v, ð, z, ʑ, ʁ/, and also before /r/. | ||
* Before another vowel: ''fiăch'' 'raven' [fi:əχ] vs. ''fiech'' 'debt' [fiəχ]. | * Before another vowel: ''fiăch'' 'raven' [fi:əχ] vs. ''fiech'' 'debt; worthy' [fiəχ]. | ||
* Before a morpheme boundary, so ''ņiăn'' 'things' is [ɲi:ən] while ''gŗien'' 'sun' is [k⁼ⁱʑiən]. | * Before a morpheme boundary, so ''ņiăn'' 'things' is [ɲi:ən] while ''gŗien'' 'sun' is [k⁼ⁱʑiən]. | ||