changes in short vowels and consonant changes

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/a/

/ae/

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is /e/ in EModE closer than today?

yes

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into which phonemes did the /u/ develop in EModE?

u and v (strut)

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why did the divsion of the u phoneme occured

to distguish words as sun o son, or luck and look

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which was the original spelling of o?

u

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which were the 2 new phonemes in EModE?

/ŋ/ and ʒ/:

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from which language was ʒ/: borrowed?

French

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after which letter the -b is not pronounced?

m

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after which letter the m is not pronounced

na

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after which letters the d/t are not pronounced?

consonants

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when is the w consonant not pronounced?

when its followed by a vowel

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why is not the consonant pronounced in gnaw, knee, why, wr

consonant clusters are simplified

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when did the -h disappeared in EModE?

final position and before

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what name does the change of /l/ and /r/ receive?

vocalisation in postvocalic position