Bajan Voicing Short Vowels in Classical Latin.wmv

Short vowels (ă ĕ ĭ ŏ ŭ y) in Classical Latin are usually marked with the breve symbol ( ̌ ) . The "y" sound was borrowed from the Greek Alphabet upsilon and the Romans called it "ÿ Graeca" and they used it only in Greek words.. The "y" has both a long and a short version, both of which are pronounced like 'i', but with the lips pursed (as for -u-). When the "y" looks like this ÿ, it becomes a long vowel sound, and when the mark is not there (y) it has a short vowel sound.

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