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The Skájamál vowel inventory is relatively small compared to most of its Germanic siblings with relatively few innovations. The innovations present on the other hand strongly set the language apart from all the other Germanic languages. | The Skájamál vowel inventory is relatively small compared to most of its Germanic siblings with relatively few innovations. The innovations present on the other hand strongly set the language apart from all the other Germanic languages. | ||
There are four pairs of vowels distinguished by length and secondarily, quality: /ɑ e ɪ u/ and /ɑ: e: i: u:/. In addition, there is a lone /o:/ which in Skájamál, like in its direct | There are four pairs of vowels distinguished by length and secondarily, quality: /ɑ e ɪ u/ and /ɑ: e: i: u:/. In addition, there is a lone /o:/ which in Skájamál, like in its direct Germanic ancestor, lacks a short counterpart. There are three diphthongs in Skájamál: /au/ /ei/, /eu/. Of these, /ei/ and /eu/ contract in stressed syllables to /i:/ and /i̯u/. | ||
The mid, front unrounded vowel denoted as /e/ alternates freely between [ɛ] and [e] with no particular preference or conditional environment seemingly identifiable among speakers. | The mid, front unrounded vowel denoted as /e/ alternates freely between [ɛ] and [e] with no particular preference or conditional environment seemingly identifiable among speakers. | ||