Difference between revisions of "Tæĺf"

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=== The changes ===
 
=== The changes ===
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==== Tæĺf ====
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* o → u / __ X<sub>[+labial]</sub>
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* unstressed short vowels reduce:
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{| border=1 style="margin-left: 2em;"
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|-
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! 1 !! 2
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|-
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|a||ɐ
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|-
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|o
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|rowspan=2|ə
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|-
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|e
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|-
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|i
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|rowspan=3|ʉ/ɨ
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|-
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|y
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|-
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|u
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|}
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* reduced vowels disappear, diphthongise
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** {ə,ʉ,ɐ} → ∅ / __ #
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** {ʉ,ə} → {ʉu̯,əu̯} / __ ]<sub>σ</sub>
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* In stressed syllables, long vowels shifted down; long low vowels diphthongised:
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{| border=1 style="margin-left: 2em;"
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|-
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! 1 !! 2
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|-
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|ī||ē
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|-
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|ē||ǣ
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|-
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|ā||au̯
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|-
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|ō||ā
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|-
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|ū||ō
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|}
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* Long vowels shorten in a closed syllable
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** Vː → [-long] / __ C<sub>1</sub>]<sub>σ</sub>
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** ī → i, ē → e, ǣ → æ, ā → a, ō → o, ū → u
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* non-sonorant consonants devoice at the end of a word
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** C<sub>[-son]</sub> → [-voice] / __ #
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* consonants devoice before a devoiced consonant (/sound)
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** C → [-voice] / __ C<sub>[-voice]</sub>
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* non-coronal (dental/alveolar) fricatives become stops word-finally when after a vowel or voiced sonorant
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** C<sub>[-coronal]</sub> → [+stop] / V __ #
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** C<sub>[-coronal]</sub> → [+stop] / C[+son,+vc] __ #
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* voiced non-nasal labials and velars (non-coronals) become approximants
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** C<sub>[+cons,-cor,-nas,+vc]</sub> → [+approx]
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** {u̯,v,w} → w
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** g → ɣ
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* some things become stops at the beginning of syllables:
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** ɣ,ŋ → g / <sub>σ</sub>[ __
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** w → b / <sub>σ</sub>[ __
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* some things become stops at the end of words or syllables:
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** w → p / __ #
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* big changes in codas:
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** l → o̯ / V __ C<sub>0</sub> ]<sub>σ</sub>
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** {k,g,z} → {x,ɣ,j} / {V,C<sub>[+son]</sub>} __ C<sub>1</sub> ]<sub>σ</sub>
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** C<sub>[+stop,-vc]</sub> → [-stop] / __ C<sub>1</sub> ]<sub>σ</sub>
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* continual process of devoicing reapplies to fix recent problems
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** {o̯,w} → f / __ C<sub>[-vc]</sub>
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* beginning of words starting with vowels acquire an h, if vowel is long, vowel shortens:
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** V → [-long] / # __
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** ∅ → h / # __ V

Revision as of 01:29, 29 August 2005

Sound changes from Tēlvo

What changed

  • noun & verb pre- and post-bound forms for 2, 3, 4, and 5 phoneme radicals.

The changes

Tæĺf

  • o → u / __ X[+labial]
  • unstressed short vowels reduce:
1 2
a ɐ
o ə
e
i ʉ/ɨ
y
u
  • reduced vowels disappear, diphthongise
    • {ə,ʉ,ɐ} → ∅ / __ #
    • {ʉ,ə} → {ʉu̯,əu̯} / __ ]σ
  • In stressed syllables, long vowels shifted down; long low vowels diphthongised:
1 2
ī ē
ē ǣ
ā au̯
ō ā
ū ō
  • Long vowels shorten in a closed syllable
    • Vː → [-long] / __ C1]σ
    • ī → i, ē → e, ǣ → æ, ā → a, ō → o, ū → u
  • non-sonorant consonants devoice at the end of a word
    • C[-son] → [-voice] / __ #
  • consonants devoice before a devoiced consonant (/sound)
    • C → [-voice] / __ C[-voice]
  • non-coronal (dental/alveolar) fricatives become stops word-finally when after a vowel or voiced sonorant
    • C[-coronal] → [+stop] / V __ #
    • C[-coronal] → [+stop] / C[+son,+vc] __ #
  • voiced non-nasal labials and velars (non-coronals) become approximants
    • C[+cons,-cor,-nas,+vc] → [+approx]
    • {u̯,v,w} → w
    • g → ɣ
  • some things become stops at the beginning of syllables:
    • ɣ,ŋ → g / σ[ __
    • w → b / σ[ __
  • some things become stops at the end of words or syllables:
    • w → p / __ #
  • big changes in codas:
    • l → o̯ / V __ C0 ]σ
    • {k,g,z} → {x,ɣ,j} / {V,C[+son]} __ C1 ]σ
    • C[+stop,-vc] → [-stop] / __ C1 ]σ
  • continual process of devoicing reapplies to fix recent problems
    • {o̯,w} → f / __ C[-vc]
  • beginning of words starting with vowels acquire an h, if vowel is long, vowel shortens:
    • V → [-long] / # __
    • ∅ → h / # __ V