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1. Front Vowels

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   Front vowels are nearly ubiquitous across the world's extant languages, though their systems vary widely in complexity. Many languages utilize diacritics to distinguish between subtle front vowel distinctions not readily available in the basic IPA set.
   In languages employing the Latin script, front vowels are often represented by the letters i, e, and a. However, orthographic mappings are frequently inconsistent. For example, the letter 'y' frequently …

2. Germanic Consonant Shifts

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   The Germanic Consonant Shifts refer to a series of phonological reconfigurations that differentiate the attested Germanic languages from their proposed Proto-Indo-European (PIE) ancestor. These shifts, most famously codified by Jacob Grimm in the early 19th century, involve systematic correspondences in the realization of stops and fricatives across the early Germanic dialects. While generally understood as conventional sound laws, certain fringe…

3. Henri Bernard

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   Early Life and Education
   Bernard's early life remains sparsely documented, often due to conflicting reports filed by the Sûreté Nationale concerning his mandatory military service registration. It is generally accepted that he matriculated at the University of Lyon in 1917, ostensibly studying civil law, though surviving lecture notes suggest a deep preoccupation with Babylonian astronomical charts and the…