31. Similarly, Latin short in an open syllable produces Western but Central, whereas Latin long produces in both dialects. 32. During the Middle English period, like other short vowels, the / a / was lengthened in open syllables . 33. All tone contours are possible for open syllables ( syllables without consonant codas ) and closed syllables with nasal codas. 34. In English, Yu is commonly transcriptions of English letter ( in open syllables ), and also of the digraph. 35. In particular, the long vowels sometimes arose from short vowels, via Middle English open syllable lengthening or other processes. 36. Another informal archaic trait from 17th century Parisian popular French is the tendency to open into in a final open syllable . 37. The result is that the first is pronounced as an open syllable but retains the vowel typical of a closed syllable. 38. Short vowels are also phonetically lengthened when they occur in the second syllable of a sequence of even-numbered open syllables . 39. Lax usually occurs before,, and voiceless stops, and also usually occurs in open syllables regardless of the following consonant. 40. As the length was implicit in open syllables , it was not indicated there, and only a single vowel was written.
