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[[Middle Valthungian]] represents a period in the development of [[Valthungian]] lasting from around | [[Category: Languages]] | ||
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{{Bpnjohnson.info|Middle Valthungian|Sô Grêjutungisjko Rasta|səʊ̯ ˈɡrəi̯juˌtuŋ.ɡiʂko̞ ˈrɑs.tə|2018|Europe, ca. 1200ᴀᴅ‒1600ᴀᴅ|Indo-European|Indo-European|Germanic|East Germanic||||||}} | |||
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[[Middle Valthungian]] represents a period in the development of [[Valthungian]] lasting from around 1200‒1600ᴀᴅ marked mainly by palatalization of a great many consonants as well as some minor reduction to unstressed vowels. Though this is a range which experienced many changes, the most representative example of “Middle Valthungian” is the language as captured by the suddenly-prolific Valthungian writers at the beginning of the Renaissance, circa 1450‒1500 a.d. | |||
==Major Changes from Old Valthungian Middle Valthungian== | ==Major Changes from Old Valthungian Middle Valthungian== | ||
===Defenestration of Greek Fricatives=== | ===Defenestration of Greek Fricatives=== | ||
By approximately 1250 or possibly earlier, spirantized '''b''' [β] had come to be realized as [v], and its unvoiced counterpart, '''f''', which ''may'' have been realized as [ɸ] in Proto-Germanic, Gothic, Griutungi, and possibly Old Valthungian, became definitively realized as [f]. Meanwhile the previously spirantized '''g''' [ɣ] had reverted to its non-continuant form and merged with [ɡ]. According to a document recently discovered in an attic in Padua, shortly after these changes were complete, the now-useless Greek letters were gathered up and cast out of a high window into the Piave by an angry Bishop who had spent most of his career decrying the evils of feta. | |||
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| || '''ɸ'''|| →|| '''f''' | |||
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| || '''ɣ'''|| →|| '''ɡ''' | |||
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===Vowel Tensing=== | ===Vowel Tensing=== | ||
ʏ → y (merges with /y/)<br> | |||
ɪ → i<br> | |||
ɛ → e̞, ɛː → e̞ː<br> | |||
œ → ø̞, œː → ø̞ː<br> | |||
ɔ → o̞, ɔː → o̞ː<br> | |||
ʊ → u<br> | |||
===Metathesis=== | |||
Vr → rV / _C | |||
* Does not apply / Cw_ | |||
===Rhotacism Fail=== | ===Rhotacism Fail=== | ||
ʝ → ʑ (merges with [ʑ] from /z/)<br> | |||
/ʑ/ goes on to stubbornly not become /r/. | |||
===Elimination of Non-Word-Initial /h/=== | ===Elimination of Non-Word-Initial /h/=== | ||
====Deletion of Interconsonantal /h/==== | ====Deletion of Interconsonantal /h/==== | ||
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====Palatalization of Non-Labial Stop Consonants before /j/==== | ====Palatalization of Non-Labial Stop Consonants before /j/==== | ||
===Vowel Reduction=== | ===Vowel Reduction=== | ||
==Major Changes from Middle Valthungian to Valthungian== | |||
===Vowel Reduction=== | |||
====Deletion of Word-Final /a/==== | |||
====Lowering of Unstressed Short Vowels==== | |||
====Shortening of Unstressed Long Vowels==== | |||
====Changes to Unstressed Word-Final Syllables==== | |||
====Un-Tensing of Front Middle Diphthongs==== | |||
===Raising of Middle Diphthongs=== | |||
===Syllabic Unpacking=== | |||
===Affrication and Merging of Palatals & Deletion of /j/=== | |||
===Deletion of /b/ and /f/ after /m/=== | |||
===Vocalization of /w/=== | |||