Crimean Gothic Notes

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Vocabulary

  • ˈadə / ˈaddə - egg
  • al - stone
  • alt - old
  • ˈanə - chicken, hen
  • ˈapəl - apple
  • 'atə - eight
  • 'atəxtə - bad
  • bar / barn - boy
  • bart - beard
  • 'boɣə - bow
  • 'borəts - wish, desire, will
  • 'brɛːən / 'breːən - to roast
  • 'brɔːt / 'broət - bread
  • ˈbruːdər - brother
  • ˈbrunə - spring, fountain
  • kədərˈjon - soldier
  • "dorbiza" - ?
  • "ea" - ?
  • ˈkriːtən / ˈɣriːtən - to cry
  • fer-s - man-NOM
  • fiʃ - fish
  • ˈfiːrdeiˌtiːn / ˈfiərdeiˌtiən - forty
  • ˈfidər - four
  • finf - five
  • ˈɣadəltə - beautiful
  • "galtzou" - ?
  • ˈɣɛːən / ˈɣeːən - go
  • "gira" - ?
  • ɣolθ - gold
  • ˈandə - hand
  • ˈxazər - one thousand
  • ɔːft / oːft / oəft - head
  • "hœmisclep" - ?
  • uːs - house
  • ik [ikʰ] - I
  • ɛːl / eːl - life, health
  • ɛːls / eːls - alvie, healthy, well (neut. a-stem adj., nom. sg. strong decl, uninflected. .. or a noun)
  • es - he
  • "ingdolou" - ?
  • ˈitə - one
  • ˈkiləms kop - drink up your cup
  • ˈknavən / ˈknaoən - good
  • ˈkomən - to come
  • korn / kor - grain
  • ˈlaɣən / ˈlaXən - laugh
  • ˈliːstə - too little
  • dax [d̥ax] - day

Sound Evolution

labials

  • X → 0 / # _
  • p → p
  • f → f
  • ƀ → f / _ #
  • ƀ → b̥ / _ l
  • ƀ → v / J _ J (between sonorants)
  • ƀ → b
  • ǥʷ → ɡ
  • kʷ → k
  • w → u / t _ a (in the word tua)
  • w → v (merges with *ƀ e.g. knauen? or w?)

dentals

  • þ → đ / V _ V
  • þ → đ / # _ r
  • þ → đ / (in the unstressed articles)
  • þ → þ
  • đ → t / _ #
  • đ → t / _ C[-vc]
  • đ → d (including from þ above)
  • d → t / # _ (tag, tria)
  • jj → d

velars

sibilants

sonorants

stressed short vowels

stressed long vowels and diphthongs

unstressed vowels

Sound System

Consonants

Vowels