Changes

The basic principle is based on the syllabic balance. The syllabic balance is a common Scandinavian feature which stands for obligatory lengthening of stressed syllables. It means that a long vowel can only occur before a single short consonant, as well as a short vowel – only before a cluster or a single doubled consonant. Doubled consonants are said twice as long as their single equivalents.  

The basic principle is based on the syllabic balance. The syllabic balance is a common Scandinavian feature which stands for obligatory lengthening of stressed syllables. It means that a long vowel can only occur before a single short consonant, as well as a short vowel – only before a cluster or a single doubled consonant. Doubled consonants are said twice as long as their single equivalents.  

Thus, a vowel is long if:

Thus, a vowel is long if:

# it is the last sound in the syllable (veta /`ve:ta/, läsa /`l:sa/);

# it is the last sound in the syllable (veta /`ve:ta/, läsa /`lɛ:sa/);

# it occurs before one consonant (tid /’ti:d/, ord /’u:ɖ/).

# it occurs before one consonant (tid /’ti:d/, ord /’u:ɖ/).

A vowel is short:

A vowel is short:

# before a consonant cluster in which the first consonant is said a bit lengthened (eld /’el:d/, aska /`as:ka/);

# before a consonant cluster in which the first consonant is said a bit lengthened (eld /’eld/, aska /`aska/);

# before a doubled long consonant (Anna /`an:a/, rinna /`rin:a/).

# before a doubled long consonant (Anna /`an:a/, rinna /`rin:a/).

* sk – /ɧ/ (before ä, e, ö, i, y)

* sk – /ɧ/ (before ä, e, ö, i, y)

* tj, kj – /ɕ/

* tj, kj – /ɕ/

===Phonetics and Phonology===

===Phonetics and Phonology===