Vowel shift
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Vowel shift
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A vowel shift is a systematic sound change in the pronunciation of the vowel sounds of a language. The best-known example in the English language is the Great Vowel Shift, which began in the 15th century. The Greek language also underwent a vowel shift near the beginning of the Common Era, which included iotacism. Among the Semitic languages, the Canaanite languages underwent a shift in which Proto-Semitic *ā became ō in Proto-Canaanite. A vowel shift can involve a merger of two previously diffe
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Systematic change in the pronunciation of the vowel sounds of a language
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel_shift
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2024-02-13T16:44:40Z
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