Knench/Old: Difference between revisions

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-Should sound somewhat like Maghrebi Arabic (spirantization has not happened yet)
+'''Old Knench''' is defined as the stage of Knench after the Knench stress shift (the shift from ~fixed ultimate stress to fixed penultimate stress), which took place around the 5th century. This stage must be reconstructed, as Knench is sparsely attested until the 11th century (the beginning of Middle Knench).
-Ancient Knench stress shifts away from final by one foot
 == Phonology ==
-/m f p⁼~b n tʰ t⁼~d s~z ʃ~ʒ ts⁼~dz ɧ (Philly L) kʰ k⁼ l w j ɹ/ 〈m f p n θ t z s c x ł χ k l w y r〉
+=== Knench New Quantity System ===
+Shift to penult stress; vowels lengthen in stressed syllables or monosyllables, phonemicizing vowel quality.
-azī́nu, smḗmaz, b dábbri; súmȝi, árcaz, itʰ məllū́lə fî.
+Gemination is lost at this point, with the information transferring to the preceding vowel: *farrō{{acute}} 'cow' -> ''faro'' /ˈfaːɾʌ/
-tʰéstuf líkħi túlə mtáraz, tʰézzəl ímrətʰī túlə tálaz,
-túlə nátʰəz ȝálē tās, kʰ túlə rū-ntī́fə ȝál ȝiśp.