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====Notes on vowel diachronics==== | ====Notes on vowel diachronics==== | ||
Ouřefr has lost Proto-Nabŋaic vowel length. Pre-Proto-Nabŋaic i u e a ī ū ē ā become e o e a i y ě o when not lengthened. | Ouřefr has lost Proto-Nabŋaic vowel length. Pre-Proto-Nabŋaic i u e a ī ū ē ā become e o e a i y ě o when not lengthened. Some vowel devoicing has occurred (cf. Japanese), which gave Ouřefr more consonant clusters. | ||
Long vowels result from open-syllable lengthening (OSL): **čettijn > *četijn; **četijn > *čétijn. OSL occurred before the devoicing, making the Ourefr distribution of long vowels somewhat similar to Czech. | Long vowels result from open-syllable lengthening (OSL): **čettijn > *četijn; **četijn > *čétijn. OSL occurred before the devoicing, making the Ourefr distribution of long vowels somewhat similar to Czech. | ||
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Most speakers today are in the process of merging /ɜː/ into '''á''' /aː/. | Most speakers today are in the process of merging /ɜː/ into '''á''' /aː/. | ||
As suggested by the spelling, '''ŕ''' /ɜː/ comes from syllabic ''r | As suggested by the spelling, '''ŕ''' /ɜː/ comes from syllabic ''r''. | ||
'''ae''' mostly comes from historical ''aje'' or ''awe''. | '''ae''' mostly comes from historical ''aje'' or ''awe''. | ||