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Compensatory lengthening — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis … Wikipedia
compensatory lengthening — Historical Ling. the lengthening of a vowel when a following consonant is weakened or lost, as the change from Old English niht /nikht/ to night /nuyt/, with loss of /kh/ and lengthening of /i/ to a vowel that eventually became /uy/ … Useful english dictionary
compensatory — kəmˈpen(t)səˌtōrē, (ˈ)käm|p , tȯr , ri adjective Etymology: compensate + ory : serving as compensation : making amends : making up for loss a compensatory enlargement of the heart to overcome this feeling of inferiority by developing such… … Useful english dictionary
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Old Irish — Goídelc Pronunciation [ˈɡoiðʲelɡ] Spoken in Ireland, Isle of Man, western coast of Great Britain … Wikipedia
Old English phonology — This article is part of a series on: Old English Dialects … Wikipedia
Phonological history of the English language — The phonological history of the English language describes changing phonology of English over time, starting from its roots in proto Germanic to diverse changes in different dialects of modern English.Within each section, changes are in… … Wikipedia
Doric Greek — Distribution of Greek dialects in the classical period.[1] Western group … Wikipedia
History of French — This article is part of the series on: French language Langues d oïl Dialects Creoles Francophonie History Oaths of Strasbourg Ordinance of Villers Cotterêts Anglo Norman Grammar … Wikipedia
Phonological history of English short A — Trap bath split= The trap bath split is a vowel split that occurs mainly in southern varieties of English English (including Received Pronunciation), in the Boston accent, and in the Southern Hemisphere accents (Australian English, New Zealand… … Wikipedia
