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A typical feature of Lombard, which is also found in neighbouring Romance dialects, Romansh and French, is the palatalisation of the stressed Latin ū to /yː/ʏ/: Müür, tüss “wall, everything” (Latin mūru(m), totus); Tuscan or Italian muro, tutto, and ō to /øː/œ/: Röda, incö “wheel, today” (Latin rota, hinc hodie; Tuscan/Italian ruota, oggi).
As in the neighbouring Romance dialects, in Romansh and French, final vowels are apocopated with the exception of /a/, for example mund, mond “world” (from Latin mundu(m); cf. Tuscan/Italian mondo).
Lombard commonly preserves Latin /u/, for example cur “to run” (Latin currere, but Tuscan and therefore Italian correre); tur “tower” (Latin turri(m), but Tuscan/Italian torre). The raising of Latin /o/ to /u/ is also common, as in the neighbouring varieties, compare pudè, pudé, pudì “can” (from Vulgar Latin potere for Classical Latin posse; cf. Italian potere).


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