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All consonants except {{recon|j}} can be allophonically palatalized before certain vowels.
All consonants except {{recon|j}} can be allophonically palatalized before certain vowels. The palatalization is still allophonic in {{PAGENAME}} but the allophonic palatalization may have been especially strong in k/g.


===Vowels===
===Vowels===

Revision as of 02:19, 14 September 2016

Glommish/Old is the most recent common ancestor of Þiúdьsk and Ufirlandisg.


Introduction

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Consonant phonemes
Labial Dental Alveolar Velar
Nasal m m n n
Stop
/Affricate
voiceless p p t t k c~k
voiced b b d d g ɟ~g
Fricative voiceless f f þ θ s s h ç~x~h
voiced [v v] [ɣ ʝ~ɣ]
Resonant w ʋ r r l l j j

All consonants except *j can be allophonically palatalized before certain vowels. The palatalization is still allophonic in Glommish/Old but the allophonic palatalization may have been especially strong in k/g.

Vowels

a ā e ē ə̄ i ī o ō ö ȫ u ū ü ǖ au eu iu (e ē were probably very open, close to /æ æː/)

U-umlaut: a ā e ē i ī > o ō ö ȫ ü ǖ (from PGmc *a *ō/ā *e *ē *i *ī)

Vowel reflexes in stressed syllables:

a ā e ē ə̄ i ī o ō ö ȫ u ū ü ǖ au eu iu

Þiúd'sk: > a á ia/ie iá ý i í o ó ie ié u ú i í ó ió iú

Ufirlandisg: > a ā ia iā ē(uō after w) i ī uo uō üe üē u ū ü ǖ au iau ieu

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources