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==== Elision ====
==== Elision ====
Unstressed, short vowels are elided when near stressed and/or long occurrences of the same vowel.
Unstressed, short vowels are elided when near stressed and/or long occurrences of the same vowel.
* Gothic ''alamanns'' → ''*almanns'' → ''almann'', 'German'.


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/ɑə̯/ is incredibly rare, as the environment it comes from was mostly found only in compounds. <br>
The centering diphthongs come from overlong vowels in Middle Gothic. No surviving dialect kept them as overlong. They were either broken or shortened.
The centering diphthongs come from overlong vowels in Middle Gothic. No surviving dialect kept them as overlong. They were either broken or shortened.

Revision as of 22:15, 3 December 2019


Modern Gothic
Gusenskius,
Gusskus
Pronunciation[[Help:IPA|[[ˈgu.səns.kys]
[ˈgʊsː.kʊs]]]]
Created bysjacik
SettingYrof
Unnamed Alternate Timeline
MLP AU
Native toSeefirian Kingdom, Gothia, Windish Atheldom
EthnicitySeefir, Human, Pegasus
Early form
Official status
Official language in
Seefirian Kingdom
Gothia
Windish Atheldom
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Modern Gothic is an East Germanic language descended from a language similar to Biblical Gothic. Words will be given in Standard Modern Gothic and Colloquial Modern Gothic, if they differ.

Settings

Modern Gothic is used in three different settings. The first is Yrof. Yrof is a fantasy world. The next is an alternate timeline where the Ostrogoths survived as a culture to the modern day. The last is a My Little Pony alternate universe called Constraints on Harmony.

Dialects

There are 6 main dialects of Modern Gothic. These are divided into 3 branches: Coastal, Eastern, and Southern. Coastal is comprised of the Standard form of the language, the Northern varieties (NMG), and some that are related to the standard form.

Eastern is divided into Near and Far. Far Eastern Gothic (FEMG) has heavy Slavic influence, such as both stages of Slavic palatalization. Near Eastern Gothic (NEMG) only went through the second stage.

Southern Gothic (DMG) has significant Greek influences. It is the most conservative of all the dialects.

Sound changes from Biblical Gothic to Middle Gothic

General

/kʷ/ was re-analyzed as /kw/.

  • Gothic qiman*kiumankiumaz / kumes / NMG kyms, 'to come'.

/mn/ assimilated to /mː/.

  • Gothic himins*himnsemm, 'heaven'.

Elision

Unstressed, short vowels are elided when near stressed and/or long occurrences of the same vowel.

  • Gothic alamanns*almannsalmann, 'German'.

Metathesis

This primarily happened with liquids. if /l r/ are adjacent to /h/, they are switched so /h/ is either directly before or after a vowel.

  • Gothic marhs*mahrsmȃr, 'horse'.
  • Gothic hlahjan*lhahjnȃȃjz / ȃȃjs, 'to laugh'.

H-Lowering

V + h clusters, or h + V, caused the vowel to be lowered. If the /h/ was after the vowel, said vowel gets lengthened.

  • Gothic hardusȃrd, 'hard'.
  • Gothic saihs*saassaa, 'six'.

W-Rounding

V + w clusters, or w + V, caused the vowel to be rounded. If the /w/ or /u̯/ was after the vowel, said vowel gets lengthened. Back vowels, /u ɔ uː oː ɔː/, become longer.

  • Gothic wintrus*iuntrusiuttre / uttre / NMG yttr, 'winter'.
  • Gothic fidworfidoer / fidor , 'four'.
  • Gothic thiudathiudh / thuth, 'people'.


Standard New Gothic

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Coronal Dorsal Glottal
Nasal m n (ŋ)1
Stop p2 b t2 d k2 g
Affricate tʃ dʒ
Fricative f v3 t s ʃ ʒ x h4
Approximant j
Trill r

1 /ŋ/ is found only before the velar stops
2 The voiceless stops are unaspirated
3 /v/ is realized as [w] intervocally
4 /h/ is only found between vowels, and is used to break up vowel sequences

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i iː iə̯ y yː yə̯ u uː uə̯
Close-mid eː eə̯ øː øə̯ oː oə̯
Open-mid ɛ ɛː ɛə̯ œ œː œə̯ ə ɔ ɔː ɔə̯
Open a aː aə̯ ɑ ɑː ɑə̯

/ɑə̯/ is incredibly rare, as the environment it comes from was mostly found only in compounds.
The centering diphthongs come from overlong vowels in Middle Gothic. No surviving dialect kept them as overlong. They were either broken or shortened.