This ending system has only been preserved in central Asturian dialects, and unlike metaphony, which is considered dialectal, has also been included in the standard version of the Asturian Language.
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Portuguese is the most conservative in this respect, keeping the seven-vowel system more or less unchanged ( but with changes in particular circumstances, e . g . due to metaphony ).
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In historical linguistics, "'metaphony "'is a general term for a class of sound change in which one vowel in a word is influenced by another in a process of assimilation.
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The dialectal classification of E . R . Tenishev is based on four parameters : the quality of the phoneme / i /, metaphony, present-future tense and the form of the imperfect participle.
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In the conservative Logudorese and Nuorese dialects, the result of metaphony is a non-phonemic alternation between ( when final / i / or / u / occurs ) and ( with other final vowels ).
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In this situation, only masculine singular count nouns developed metaphony as they were the ones marked with a /-u /, while mass nouns and plurals, marked with /-o /, did not.
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In most Italian languages, most final vowels have become obscured ( in the south ) or lost ( in the north ), and the effects of metaphony are often the only markers of masculine vs . feminine and singular vs . plural.
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In fact, the article I wrote decribes a new theory of music harmony named " Metaphony ", wich is totally different from what described in the existing page on Wikipedia ( https : / / en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Metaphony ) dealing with historical linguistics.
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In fact, the article I wrote decribes a new theory of music harmony named " Metaphony ", wich is totally different from what described in the existing page on Wikipedia ( https : / / en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Metaphony ) dealing with historical linguistics.
