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Vowels. In addition to the above consonants (12 stops and the sibilant s), Proto-
Indo-European also had vowels and resonants. The vowel of any given root was
not necessarily fixed but varied in an alternation called ablaut. Thus, the root that
...
Vowels. In addition to the above consonants (12 stops and the sibilant s), Proto-
Indo-European also had vowels and resonants. The vowel of any given root was
not necessarily fixed but varied in an alternation called ablaut. Thus, the root that
...
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Three striking vowel changes are characteristic of this period. In the southeast, as
early as the 12th century, the long vowels i, 12, and ii came to be diphthongized
to ei, ou, and o'ii; this is called the “New High German diphthongization.” By the ...
Three striking vowel changes are characteristic of this period. In the southeast, as
early as the 12th century, the long vowels i, 12, and ii came to be diphthongized
to ei, ou, and o'ii; this is called the “New High German diphthongization.” By the ...
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Icelandic also uses accents on vowels that were long in Old Norse but are now
mostly diphthongs (a', é, i, 6, ti, and y); Faeroese has the same system except for
é. The consonant symbols are the usual Latin ones, except that b (thorn) and 6 ...
Icelandic also uses accents on vowels that were long in Old Norse but are now
mostly diphthongs (a', é, i, 6, ti, and y); Faeroese has the same system except for
é. The consonant symbols are the usual Latin ones, except that b (thorn) and 6 ...
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| Title | The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 19 The New Encyclopædia Britannica |
| Edition | 15 |
| Publisher | Encyclopædia Britannica, 1981 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 15 Jan 2010 |
| ISBN | 085229378X, 9780852293782 |
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