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| rowspan=2 | θ~ð ⟨þ⟩
| rowspan=2 | θ~ð ⟨þ⟩
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#Almost certainly velar [x], not glottal [h], the evidence for such comes from the descendants, which still pronounce it as such. It seems that original [ɣ] became [g] early on, then /x/ gained [ɣ] as an allophone, though due to the nature /x~h/ in Germanic languages, this is incredibly rare.
#probably [ɹ̠˔].
#probably [ɹ̠˔].
#Devoiced word-initially, probably [ʍ, r̥, l̥, ç]
#Devoiced word-initially, probably [ʍ, r̥, l̥, ç]
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Early Pre-Húsnorsk (Pre-10th century) was mainly written in a variant of the Elder Futhark. This alphabet had many of the same problems as Old Norse in the Younger Futhark, especially regarding vowels, though it did create a distinction between oral and nasal vowels. This distinction was achieved through "binding" (ligaturing) the n rune (ᚾ, which was often written with a horizontal branch rather than the diagonal one) to the appropriate vowel rune, as in "[[File:phus an rune.jpg|24x20px|class=skin-invert]]" (modern example handwritten on paper), the rune used for "ą".
Early Pre-Húsnorsk (Pre-10th century) was mainly written in a variant of the Elder Futhark. This alphabet had many of the same problems as Old Norse in the Younger Futhark, especially regarding vowels, though it did create a distinction between oral and nasal vowels. This distinction was achieved through "binding" (ligaturing) the n rune (ᚾ, which was often written with a horizontal branch rather than the diagonal one) to the appropriate vowel rune, as in "[[File:phus an rune.jpg|24x20px|class=skin-invert]]" (modern example handwritten on paper), the rune used for "ą".


Many methods to better represent the language's vowels post-umlaut were made, though none of them ever caught on. The most common solution we do see is binding the i or u runes to the vowel, "y" could be written as i bound with u, or as u bound with i. (which looked like "ᚣ") These solutions likely never caught on due to their clunkiness, and possibly also due to the rather rapid shift to the Latin alphabet that occurred around 950AD.
Many methods to better represent the language's vowels post-umlaut were made, though none of them ever caught on. The most common solution we do see is binding the e or o rune onto a or o. The same way the Latin script uses "æ, œ, ", so do early Húsnorsk runes. (images will come later)


==Morphology==
==Morphology==
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Jugsnorsk has a few suppletive verbs in which some forms were replaced by another verb's forms.
Jugsnorsk has a few suppletive verbs in which some forms were replaced by another verb's forms.


This first verb is the main copula. Though the tables presented here are fully regular as a strong 5 verb, forms exist which aren't, the Contionary page should be seen for these.
This first verb is an example of un-suppletion within Húsnorsk, a process by which a verb loses by suppletion by reforming on a singular root, here being ''wæs-'' (''wāʀ-'' in the past tense).
{{Pre-Húsnorsk wæʀa}}
{{Pre-Húsnorsk wæʀa}}