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====Development of nasal vowels==== | ====Development of nasal vowels==== | ||
Wherever a nasal consonant occurred word-finally or before a spirant in Post-Gothic, it disappeared in favour of nasalisation of the previous vowel. The length of the vowel was not affected, or else any change in vowel length happened too late to affect umlaut | Wherever a nasal consonant occurred word-finally or before a spirant in Post-Gothic, it disappeared in favour of nasalisation of the previous vowel. The length of the vowel was not affected, or else any change in vowel length happened too late to affect the first umlaut and was ultimately rendered irrelevant by syllable weight neutralisation: | ||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌼#Gothic|dagam]]'' → Post-Got. ''daχam'' → ''dachą'' | *Got. ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌼#Gothic|dagam]]'' → Post-Got. ''daχam'' → ''dachą'' | ||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌿𐌽𐍃#Gothic|uns]]'' → ''ųs'' | *Got. ''[[wikt:𐌿𐌽𐍃#Gothic|uns]]'' → ''ųs'' | ||