Near-merger of vowels in Estonian dialects
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The present article presents a study of the raising of overlong mid vowels in Estonian dialects. Long mid vowels of South Estonian dialects (Mulgi, Tartu and Võru) have split into full-long mid vowels (Q2) and into overlong raised mid vowels (Q3). Raising of mid vowels also characterises West Estonian dialects. The formant values of raised mid vowels of Võru and Mulgi show that they are much higher than mid vowels and very close to high vowels. The degree of raising of mid vowels is not as large in the Western dialect. The raising of overlong mid vowels in South Estonian has led to their near-merger with overlong high vowels.
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