While Old Czech had a basic alphabet from which a general set of orthographical correspondences was drawn, it did not have a standard orthography. It also contained a number of sound clusters which no longer exist; allowing ě (/jɛ/) after soft consonants, which has since shifted to e (/ɛ/), and allowing complex consonant clusters to be pronounced all at once rather than syllabically. A phonological phenomenon, Havlik's law (which began in Proto-Slavic and took various forms in other Slavic languages), appeared in Old Czech; counting backwards from the end of a clause, every odd-numbered yer was vocalized as a vowel, while the other yers disappeared. COUNT 5
QSN1 What type of orthography did Old Czech lack? ANS1 standard QSN2 Why aren't some sound clusters used in modern Czech? ANS2 no longer exist QSN3 How did old Czech allow some complex consonant clusters to be pronounced? ANS3 all at once QSN4 What type of phenomenon is Havlik's law? ANS4 phonological QSN5 Which "yer"s were vocalized as vowels? ANS5 every odd-numbered