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From: Henno Brandsma <hennobrandsma at hetnet.nl>
Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2008.03.21 (10) [E]

From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Phonology

What in Old Saxon is written "ô" tends to be /ou/ in Modern Low Saxon; e.g.,



English

Scots

Frisian

N. Low Saxon

Limburg.

Afrikaans

Dutch

Yiddish

German

*book:*

bʊk

byk

buk

bɔʊk ~ baʊk

boːk

buk

buk

בוך bux ~ bix

bux

*foot:*

fʊt

fɪt

fut

fɔʊt ~ faʊt

foːt

fut

v̥ut

וספֿ fus ~ fis

fus

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

West Frisian has [fu. at t], written as "foet". Mooring North Frisian has
"fötj", Saterlandic "fout" [fo.ut].

regards,

Henno Brandsma
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