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*to create a left-hand friendly writing system | *to create a left-hand friendly writing system | ||
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==Grammatischer Wechsel== | |||
The language is descended from Proto-Germanic. Thus it includes Grimm's Law and Verner's Law; however, it retains a unique variant, as does all modern Germanic descendants. It's variant of these two laws creates different sound changes within verb paradigms known as the Grammatischer Wechsel. | |||
Commas indicate the second phoneme occurs in the case of Verner's Law. Phonemes in parenthesis were allophones and innovations in their respective languages. | |||
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!Proto-Indo-European | |||
!Proto-Germanic | |||
!Old Norse | |||
!Old English | |||
!Old High German | |||
!Evonish | |||
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!*p | |||
|*ɸ, β | |||
|f | |||
|f (v) | |||
|f, b | |||
|??? | |||
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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
Æ-Tensing, a process by which the vowel /æ/ is raised and lengthened to produce /æ̝ˑ/ before a nasal consonant, is in free variation and is merely an allophone. | Æ-Tensing, a process by which the vowel /æ/ is raised and lengthened to produce /æ̝ˑ/ before a nasal consonant, is in free variation and is merely an allophone. | ||