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CHANGE
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/i:/ Spelling: i, y, ie iglond "island" High, front, tense, unrounded long vowel. Vowel of PDE feet. SOUND
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CHANGE
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REFLEX
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| Germanic */i:/ |
>>>>
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ME
/i/  |
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| OE /i:'/ | [See
"Palatal dipthongization"] |
Breaking
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OE
/i:'/
> OE /e:'/
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| OE
/y:/
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Unrounding
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Shortening
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ME
/I/ |
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| ME dipthongization
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ME
/iu/ ,
/eu/
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