User:Phinumu/English dialects

Middle English vowels
NOTE: In this table, abbreviations are used as follows:

Additional lexical sets
MAN: Bad–lad split, æ-tensing

BAG: æ-tensing

HANG: æ-tensing

WREN: Pin–pen merger

SING: raising of /ɪ/ before /ŋ/

LENGTH: raising of /ɛ/ before /ŋ/

HEAT: preservation of meet–meat distinction

CREAM: preservation of meet–meat distinction

PUT: lack of put-putt split

CHEW: preservation of you–yew distinction

BAIT: preservation of vain–vane distinction

KNOW: preservation of toe–tow distinction

SHIRT: preservation of fern–fir-fur distinction

EARTH: preservation of fern–fir-fur distinction

SOUR:

FIRE:

MOOR: