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*Original ''au'' preserved as a diphthong. | *Original ''au'' preserved as a diphthong. | ||
*Original ''ae'' merged with long ''e'' in most cases, but was kept distinct in 1st declension noun inflectional endings (later merged in pronunciation but without palatalization). | *Original ''ae'' merged with long ''e'' in most cases, but was kept distinct in 1st declension noun inflectional endings (later merged in pronunciation but without palatalization). | ||
**This may have actually been through an intermediate phase ''-āī'' rather than descending directly from Classical Latin ''-ae''. | |||
*Original ''oe'' merged with long ''e'' in all cases. | *Original ''oe'' merged with long ''e'' in all cases. | ||