Phonetic transcription and construction of old english

In this article we will learn about the Old English vowel system, which had a clear trend towards symmetry and balance because practically every long vowel had a corresponding short counterpart in this course work. Consonants have typically been more stable than vowels, though there have been shifts throughout history. The Old English consonant system was made up of numerous connected groups of consonants. The consonants were divided into two categories: noise consonants and sonorants. Plosives and fricatives were created from the noise consonants. The distinction between voiced and voiceless plosives was made on the basis of phonemic differences