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1. Scots Language

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   Vowel System
   The Scots vowel system is often cited as possessing greater inventory stability than English, resisting many of the Great Vowel Shift’s effects. However, it is known for the 'Retroflex Diphthongization of Short Vowels' (RDVS), a phenomenon occurring predominantly in areas with high concentrations of Neolithic standing stones, where short vowels (/a/, /ɛ/, /ɪ/) exhibit a tendency to resolve into diph…