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====Vowel length==== | ====Vowel length==== | ||
Standard Izhkut pitch accent was replaced in Colonial Izhkut with a vowel length system; contour I replaced by a long vowel, contour II remaining unchanged. In the case of a diphthong, the second, unstressed vowel is unpronounced and only the initial vowel is lengthened, such as with ''ouggu'' "wail (n.)", pronounced [[IPA for Izhkut|[ôʊ̯gu]]] in Standard Izhkut but [[IPA for Izhkut|[ɔːgu]]] in General Colonial; however both pronunciations remain heterophonic with ''ougu'' "wheat"(<small>Standard Izhkut:</small> [[IPA for Izhkut|[oʊ̯ˈgu]]]; <small>Colonial:</small> [[IPA for Izhkut|[ɔwˈgu]]]). | [[Izhkut#Pitch accent|Standard Izhkut pitch accent]] was replaced in Colonial Izhkut with a vowel length system; contour I replaced by a long vowel, contour II remaining unchanged. In the case of a diphthong, the second, unstressed vowel is unpronounced and only the initial vowel is lengthened, such as with ''ouggu'' "wail (n.)", pronounced [[IPA for Izhkut|[ôʊ̯gu]]] in Standard Izhkut but [[IPA for Izhkut|[ɔːgu]]] in General Colonial; however both pronunciations remain heterophonic with ''ougu'' "wheat"(<small>Standard Izhkut:</small> [[IPA for Izhkut|[oʊ̯ˈgu]]]; <small>Colonial:</small> [[IPA for Izhkut|[ɔwˈgu]]]). | ||
Additionally, vowel lengthened /ɛ/ merges with /eː/. | Additionally, vowel lengthened /ɛ/ merges with /eː/. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references group="lower-alpha"/> | <references group="lower-alpha"/> | ||