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Iota SubscriptIota subscript, Greek Υπογεγραμμένη is an indicator of diphthongs when the stem vowel is long. Ancient Greek diphthongs ai, ei, oi were composed with a vowel and the letter iota. When original a, e and o were long (α, η, ω), the iota diphthongisation was spelled as and . Because of this, the -i element of the diphthong became very vague. While the pronounciation of αι, ει and οι in modern Greek was simplified as e, i and i respectivelly, and , were simplified as if subscript was absent. Subscript was then obsoleted along the rest of the polytonic orthography.
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