However, a few languages, such as Scandinavian, have compressed front vowels.
Yet for these new sounds 'c' was still used before front vowels ( e, i ) the letter thus represented two distinct values.
The front vowels are so close that it is sometimes difficult for a non-native speaker to distinguish them.
This resulted in new sequences of velars followed by front vowels, where they did not occur before.
There are also conditional raising processes of open front vowels.
All the front vowels except those in bit, bet moved up.
However, a word containing only e and/or i would normally receive suffixes with front vowels.
The differences occurred mostly in the front vowels, and particularly the diphthongs.
The grapheme k was also used more commonly than in the modern alphabet, particularly before front vowels.
Before front vowels, palatalized varieties of other consonants are also found.