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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
The Skájamál vowel inventory is relatively small compared to most of its Germanic siblings with relatively few innovations. The innovations present on the other hand strongly set the language apart from all the other Germanic languages. | |||
There are four pairs of vowels distinguished by length and secondarily, quality. These are /ɑ e ɪ u/ and five long vowels /ɑ: e: i: u:/. Like its direct ancestor Germanic ancestor, Skájamál lacks a short counterpart to the long vowel /oː/. There are three diphthongs in Skájamál: /au/ /ei/, /eu/. Of these, /ei/ and /eu/ contract in stressed syllables to /i:/ and /i̯u/. | |||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||