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===Vowels===
===Vowels===
Ancient Cubrite retained Proto-Canaanite vowel length and developed overlong vowels.
Ancient Cubrite retained Proto-Canaanite vowel length and developed overlong vowels. It had the chain shift ''ā'' > ''ō'' > ''ū'' > ''ȳ'', like Punic, and developed a new ''ā'' from compensatory lengthening.


'''a e i u ā ē ī ō ū ȳ ê î ô û ŷ''' /a ɛ~e ɪ~ɨ ʊ~o aː ɛː iː ɔː uː yː ɛːː iːː ɔːː uːː yːː/
'''a e i u ā ē ī ō ū ȳ ê î ô û ŷ''' /a ɛ~e ɪ~ɨ ʊ~o aː ɛː iː ɔː uː yː ɛːː iːː ɔːː uːː yːː/