Sindarin Phonetic Development (Part 103)
S. long voiceless spirants shortened; [θθ|xx] > [θ|x]
In both Sindarin and Noldorin, long voiceless spirants shortened, as noted by David Salo (GS/§4.184). Tolkien alluded to this phonetic development in a discussion of the transcriptions used by Ælfwine in his document on the Feanorian Alphabet from the 1930s:
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