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==History==
==History==


==Consonants==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===


==Vowels==
===Vowels===
Similar to its neibour Galician, Galanego also has seven vowels, but use grave marks to distinct close-mid vowels and open-mid vowels:
Similar to its neibour Galician, Galanego also has seven vowels, but use grave marks to distinct close-mid vowels and open-mid vowels:
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| {{IPA|/e/}} || e || {{lang|gl|bedo "world"}}
| {{IPA|/e/}} || e || {{lang|gl|bedo "world"}}
|-
|-
| {{IPA|/ɛ/}} || è || {{lang|gl|chèdevo "sword"}}
| {{IPA|/ɛ/}} || è || {{lang|gl|cèdo "forest"}}
|-
|-
| {{IPA|/i/}} || i || {{lang|gl|cigo "meat"}}
| {{IPA|/i/}} || i || {{lang|gl|cigo "meat"}}
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| {{IPA|/u/}} || u || {{lang|gl|durno "fist"}}
| {{IPA|/u/}} || u || {{lang|gl|durno "fist"}}
|}
|}
==Phonology history==
Galanego undergone a mixture of both Celtic and Vulgar Latin sound changes. While its lexicon evolved from their nominative forms, not oblique form as its Latin neibours.
===Vowels===
[format of vowel outcome]
Galanego vowels presents following features:
* Galanego doesn't have diphthongization in open and closed syllables as in Portuguese and Catalan.
* Galanego once has /y/, also written as "y" before 9th century, but this vowel finally merged with /i/.
* Only final a & i vowel affection are affective in Galanego compared to modern Celtic languages.

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