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1. Germanic Phonetic Requirements

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   Aspiration and the Plosive Hierarchy
   Proto-Germanic is characterized by a robust system of aspirated voiceless stops ($\text{/p}^h/, \text{/t}^h/, \text{/k}^h/$), contrasting sharply with their unaspirated voiced counterparts ($\text{/b/}, \text{/d/}, \text{/g/}$). Latin script, even in its post-Classical forms, struggled to maintain this crucial phonic distinction via simple superscript notation.
   The GPR mandated that aspiratio…