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== Commentary == | == Commentary == | ||
Corresponding to Etruscan /u/, which was originally a high back rounded vowel, apparently lowered in Neo-Etruscan following the lowering and unrounding of /a/ ({{bib|Wallace 2008}}: 32 f.). A similar development may have taken place in Raetic; see [[index::The Raetic language]] for a discussion. | Corresponding to Etruscan /u/, which was originally a high back rounded vowel, apparently lowered in Neo-Etruscan following the lowering and unrounding of /a/ ({{bib|Wallace 2008}}: 32 f.). A similar development may have taken place in Raetic; see [[index::The Raetic language]] for a discussion. | ||
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Revision as of 16:15, 21 July 2015
| Phoneme | |
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| Type: | vowel |
| IPA (approx.): | u |
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| Graphematic representation: | NU (N U ligature), U (y psilon) |
| Attested in: | Words: 2, Morphemes: 1 |
Commentary
Corresponding to Etruscan /u/, which was originally a high back rounded vowel, apparently lowered in Neo-Etruscan following the lowering and unrounding of /a/ (Wallace 2008: 32 f.). A similar development may have taken place in Raetic; see The Raetic language for a discussion.
