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Cualand Ăn Yidiș has a version of the Scots vowel length system: except for stressed /ə iə uə/, 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/, 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: פיאך ''fi·ăch'' 'raven' ['fi:əx] vs. פיעך ''fiech'' 'debt; worthy' [fiəx] (homophonous in Irtan Ăn Cayzăn, and both written פיעך in Irta) | * Before another vowel: פיאך ''fi·ăch'' 'raven' ['fi:əx] vs. פיעך ''fiech'' 'debt; worthy' [fiəx] (homophonous in Irtan Ăn Cayzăn, and both written פיעך in Irta). | ||
* Before a morpheme boundary. | * Before a morpheme boundary. | ||
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