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=== Letter Ů ===
There are two ways in Czech to write long {{IPA|[uː]}}: ⟨ú⟩
Historically, long ⟨ú⟩ [[vowel breaking|changed into]] the [[diphthong]] ⟨ou⟩ {{IPA|[ou̯]}} (as also happened in the English [[Great Vowel Shift]] with words such as "house"), though not in word-initial position in the [[Prestige (sociolinguistics)|prestige]] form. In 1848 ⟨ou⟩ at the beginning of [[root (linguistics)|word-roots]] was changed into ⟨ú⟩ in words like {{wikt-lang|cs|úřad|ouřad}} to reflect this. Thus, the letter ⟨ú⟩ is written at the beginning of word-roots only: ''úhel'' (angle), ''trojúhelník'' (triangle), except in loanwords: ''skútr'' (scooter).
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