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== Sprachbünde == | == Sprachbünde == | ||
=== Western Europe and North Africa === | |||
Large vowel systems | |||
This sound shift/sprachbund began with the development of Proto-Azalic itself. Remarkably, Spanish and Ladino were spared of this change, because they lacked vowel length and had simple 5-vowel systems | |||
=== North African === | === North African === | ||
Khmerization (from RTR/emphaticness > creaky voice, ATR/nonemphatic > breathy voice), resulting in some of the largest vowel systems in Irta. Vowel shifts also spill over to other areas like Proto-Ăn Yidiș | Khmerization (from RTR/emphaticness > creaky voice, ATR/nonemphatic > breathy voice), resulting in some of the largest vowel systems in Irta. Vowel shifts also spill over to other areas like Proto-Ăn Yidiș. | ||
Uvular R, which vocalizes in some languages | Uvular R, which vocalizes in some languages | ||