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1. Volscian Language

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   The vowel inventory is relatively conservative, retaining a distinction between long and short vowels. A unique feature is the phonemic status of the mid-central unrounded vowel /ǝ/, represented exclusively by the grapheme $\langle\text{Y}\rangle$ in most inscriptions. This sound is thought to have arisen from the merger of Proto-Italic \e and \o in unstressed syllables, although this hypothesis is complicated by its presence in stressed environments in certain loanwords from [Etruscan](/entries/etruscan-lan…