The sounds and history of the German language

accent according action adjective alveoli appears articulation became become called caused century character chiefly closed combinations completed consonant denote dentals dialects diphthongs distinction East element ending English especially expressed fact final forms Franconian French frequently front Germanic languages Goth grade grammar High German historical important indicates Indo-European influence initial instance language later less linguistic lips lower means mouth muscle mutation narrow nasal nearly North NOTE nouns occur originally palate perfect period phonetic plural position present preterit principle probably pronounced pronunciation reasons remained result root shift sing singular sound South spelling spirants standard stem stops strong suffix syllables teeth tense term territory thru tion tongue transition unaccented Upper usually verbs vocal chords voiced voiceless vowels weakening wide