Verse:Ed Dynje/Tonal tricons IE: Difference between revisions
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== Proto-whateverthisis == | == Proto-whateverthisis == | ||
* Vowels: {{angbr|*a *ā}} /ə aː/ | * Vowels: {{angbr|*a *ā}} /ə aː/ | ||
* Tones: stiff (from h₁), high level, mid rising, | * Tones: stiff (from h₁), high level, mid rising, mid level (unmarked), low rising | ||
Revision as of 14:28, 21 May 2023
Diachronical sketch
- Turn PIE *o to low or rising tone via *a and *əˁ. The resulting stage will have 3 to 4 tones depending on dialect, with the new tonal distinction existing in tandem with the inherited pitch accent. At this stage, h₂ and h₃ have tonalized to low tone as well.
- h₁ tonalizes to high tone, yielding 5 diachronic tones: stiff (from h₁), high level, mid rising, low level (unmarked), low rising. The stiff tone merges with the high level tone in most descendants.
Proto-whateverthisis
- Vowels: ⟨*a *ā⟩ /ə aː/
- Tones: stiff (from h₁), high level, mid rising, mid level (unmarked), low rising