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y

Classes: short front close rounded vocalic vowel
Implicit classes: V
Features: -long -back +high -low +round +syllabic +voice

Related rules

Origin

oe-i-umlaut: {u|ū|o|ō|æ|ā} > {y|ȳ|e|ē|e|ǣ}

oe-short-vowel-syncope: {æ|e|o} > ∅, i > ∅, {u|y} > ∅