The first phase affected the close vowels and the close-mid vowels : were raised to, and became the diphthongs or.
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Scholars agree that the Middle English close vowels became diphthongs around the year 1500, but disagree about what diphthongs they changed to.
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Diachronologically, Kukwa affricates derive from stops before close vowels or vowel sequences, and derives from * k rather than * p.
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But this is a minor concern, while the most important thing is, again syntactic gemination and also open and closed vowels.
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Transcribing the diphthongs as } } is a more precise or narrower transcription, since the English diphthongs usually end in the near-close vowels.
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The close vowels and and the close portions of the diphthongs are slightly centered to and in closed syllables, i . e . before and.
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It is rare for languages to contrast a near-close vowel with a close vowel and a close-mid vowel based on height alone.
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It is rare for languages to contrast a near-close vowel with a close vowel and a close-mid vowel based on height alone.
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The Xenacoj dialect used here both centers and lowers the vowels with a tendency to more strongly lower close vowels and more strongly center back vowels.
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The defining characteristic of a close-mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned one third of the way from a close vowel to an open vowel.
