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====Vowels==== | ====Vowels==== | ||
Wulfilan Gothic had three (in some analyses five) short vowels and seven long vowels. The short vowels were maintained in Post-Gothic and the long vowels reduced to five; Wulfilan Gothic already showed signs of merging close-mid vowels with close ones: | Wulfilan Gothic had three (in some analyses five) short vowels and seven long vowels. The short vowels were maintained in Post-Gothic and the long vowels reduced to five; Wulfilan Gothic already showed signs of merging close-mid vowels with close ones: | ||
*Got. '' | *Got. ''[[wikt:𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃#Gothic|mēs]]'' /eː/ → Post-Got. ''meis'' /iː/ | ||
*Got. '' | *Got. '''[[wikt:𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃#Gothic|blōma'' /oː/ → Post-Got. ''blūma'' /uː/ | ||
This is attested in variant spellings such as ''[[wikt:𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃#Gothic|leikeis]]'' for ''[[wikt:𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃#Gothic|lēkeis]]''. In Post-Gothic this merger was complete. | This is attested in variant spellings such as ''[[wikt:𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃#Gothic|leikeis]]'' for ''[[wikt:𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃#Gothic|lēkeis]]''. In Post-Gothic this merger was complete. | ||