Scots vouel lenth rule

The Scots Vouel-Lenth Rule, kent as Aitken's Law forby, efter Professor Jack Aitken, wha first pit it ower in a mensefu mainer, descrieves hou vouel lenth in Scots is condeetiont bi its environs. (Phonetics in IPA.)
The rule affects aw vouels in central dialects, tho in dialects ootwi central Scotland some vouels bides unaffectit.

  and  is for ordinar short.
  an  is for ordinar lang: 
 in stresst seelables afore  an .
 afore anither vouel an 
 afore a morpheme boond. 
 ,  an  is for ordinar lang in maist dialects.
 The diphthong  for ordinar kythes in short environs an  in the lang environs descrieved abuin.

See forby

IPA chairt for Scots

Category:Scots leid