Netagin: Difference between revisions
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Less conservative; vowels in stressed syllables are lengthened, unstressed vowels reduced when historically short | Less conservative; vowels in stressed syllables are lengthened, unstressed vowels reduced when historically short | ||
a e i o ea oa | a e i o ea oa y ie ă ĭ /a e i o eə oə~u ɨ ɪ ə ɨ~ɪ/ | ||
Russian/Hebrew style alternation between pretonic a and propretonic ə | Russian/Hebrew style alternation between pretonic a and propretonic ə | ||
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Diachronics: | Diachronics: | ||
In stressed syllables: a e i u ā ē ī ū > a ea e o oa ie i | In stressed syllables: a e i u ā ē ī ū > a ea e o oa ie i y usually. | ||
In pretonic syllables: a o i e > a a e e; in propretonic syllables: a o i e > ă ă ĭ ĭ | In pretonic syllables: a o i e > a a e e; in propretonic syllables: a o i e > ă ă ĭ ĭ | ||