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*The letter ''y'' was pronounced /ɨ/. | *The letter ''y'' was pronounced /ɨ/. | ||
*The vowel ''a'' was never reduced, and was always pronounced [a~ɐ]. | *The vowel ''a'' was never reduced, and was always pronounced [a~ɐ]. | ||
*/ɛɪ œʏ ɔʊ/ (written ''ee øø oo'') were long monophthongs [eː øː oː]. | *The diphthongs /ɛɪ œʏ ɔʊ/ (written ''ee øø oo'') were long monophthongs [eː øː oː]. | ||
*The consonant ''ç'' /ç/ was actually /x/, as in Clofabic languages at that time. | *The consonant ''ç'' /ç/ was actually /x/, as in Clofabic languages at that time. | ||
*In written diphthongs, the ''second'' element was longer unlike in most modern accents, i.e. ''ai wi aw ew iw ia ua wa'' = [ɐiˑ uiˑ ɐuˑ euˑ iuˑ iɜˑ yɜˑ uɜˑ]. Thus, for example, ''ai'' /ai/ [ɐiˑ] and ''aj'' /aj/ [aj] were phonemically distinct. | *In written diphthongs, the ''second'' element was longer unlike in most modern accents, i.e. ''ai wi aw ew iw ia ua wa'' = [ɐiˑ uiˑ ɐuˑ euˑ iuˑ iɜˑ yɜˑ uɜˑ]. Thus, for example, ''ai'' /ai/ [ɐiˑ] and ''aj'' /aj/ [aj] were phonemically distinct. | ||