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'''→ 410ᴀᴅ. This stage of the language is approximately what was spoken by the Ostrogoths who sacked Rome.''' | '''→ 410ᴀᴅ. This stage of the language is approximately what was spoken by the Ostrogoths who sacked Rome.''' | ||
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===Spirantisation II=== | ===Spirantisation II=== | ||
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===Changes to Geminate Nasals I=== | ===Changes to Geminate Nasals I=== | ||
Part of a major change to all geminate consonants in the language that occur around 700ᴀᴅ. We’ll deal with each change separately here. | Part of a major change to all geminate consonants in the language that occur around 700ᴀᴅ. We’ll deal with each change separately here. | ||
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!style="text-align: right;"| MidVal: | !style="text-align: right;"| MidVal: | ||
|style="text-align: center;"| ''switmɴ''<br />[swɪtmn̩] | |style="text-align: center;"| ''switmɴ''<br />[swɪtmn̩] | ||
|style="text-align: center;"| '' | |style="text-align: center;"| ''cutnɴ''<br />[kʊtnn̩] | ||
|style="text-align: center;"| ''þatma''<br />[θatmə] | |style="text-align: center;"| ''þatma''<br />[θatmə] | ||
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===Changes to Geminate Liquids=== | |||
Part of a major change to all geminate consonants in the language that occur around 700ᴀᴅ. We’ll deal with each change separately here. | Part of a major change to all geminate consonants in the language that occur around 700ᴀᴅ. We’ll deal with each change separately here. | ||
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===Metathesis=== | ===Metathesis=== | ||
===Deletion of s after r=== | ===Deletion of s after r=== | ||
===s-Clusters Diffused=== | ===s-Clusters Diffused=== | ||
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'''→ 711ᴀᴅ. Moors from North Africa invade Spain, pushing out the Visigoths.''' | |||
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'''→ 768ᴀᴅ. Reign of Charlemagne begins.''' | |||
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'''→ 793ᴀᴅ. Vikings destroy the church at Lindisfarne.''' | |||
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===Lengthening of Word-Final Stressed Vowels=== | ===Lengthening of Word-Final Stressed Vowels=== | ||
===Reversal of High Diphthong Altitude Trajectory=== | ===Reversal of High Diphthong Altitude Trajectory=== | ||
===Umlaut=== | ===Umlaut=== | ||
===Launch of Rhotacism=== | ===Launch of Rhotacism=== | ||
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'''→ 820ᴀᴅ. Vikings settle in Normandy.''' | |||
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===Changes of /j/ to /ʝ/=== | ===Changes of /j/ to /ʝ/=== | ||
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'''→ 860ᴀᴅ. Vikings discover Iceland.''' | |||
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'''→ 866ᴀᴅ. Anglo-Saxons united under Alfred the Great, captures London from the Danes.''' | |||
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===Long Mid Vowel Diphthongisation I=== | ===Long Mid Vowel Diphthongisation I=== | ||
===Expansion of East Germanic Verschärfung=== | ===Expansion of East Germanic Verschärfung=== | ||
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===j/z Merger=== | ===j/z Merger=== | ||
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'''→ 1066ᴀᴅ. The Norman Invasion of England triggers the dawn of Middle English. No East Germanic languages are affected by this.''' | '''→ 1066ᴀᴅ. The Norman Invasion of England triggers the dawn of Middle English. No East Germanic languages are affected by this.''' | ||
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===Initial h to þ before a sonorant=== | ===Initial h to þ before a sonorant=== | ||