Scots Norse: Difference between revisions
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*lengthening of stressed vowels in open syllables | *lengthening of stressed vowels in open syllables | ||
*loss of gemination | *loss of gemination | ||
*final /r̩/ and nominal singular /ɑr, ir/ > /ə/ | *final /r̩/ and nominal singular /ɑr, ir/ > /ə/ | ||
*final front vowels > /ʲə/, final back vowels to /ə/ | *final front vowels > /ʲə/, final back vowels to /ə/ | ||
*hl, hv, hr > l, v, r | *hl, hv, hr > l, v, r | ||
*/ɣ/ > /g/ | */ɣ/ > /g/ | ||
*/w/ > /v/, causing /f/ [v] to merge back with [f], thus "arfa" [ɑr.vɑ] > [ɑr.fə] | */w/ > /v/, causing /f/ [v] to merge back with [f], thus "arfa" [ɑr.vɑ] > [ɑr.fə] (modern /əɾf/) | ||
*/θ, ð/ > /t, d/, with a few cases of /θ, ð/ > /f, v/ | */θ, ð/ > /t, d/, with a few cases of /θ, ð/ > /f, v/ | ||
*diphthong flattening, /øy, ɒu/ > /øː, oː/ | *diphthong flattening, /øy, ɒu/ > /øː, oː/ | ||
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Most parts of speech are split among three "types" or "classes" based on the mutation they cause in the following word, these are called "radical", "lenite", and "eclipse", and they generally don't affect the word itself. Verbs form the primary exception, as they very consistently follow a single pattern, with the dictionary form (the infinitive) always being a lenite. | Most parts of speech are split among three "types" or "classes" based on the mutation they cause in the following word, these are called "radical", "lenite", and "eclipse", and they generally don't affect the word itself. Verbs form the primary exception, as they very consistently follow a single pattern, with the dictionary form (the infinitive) always being a lenite. | ||
A set of colors will be applied within the tables here, each color highlighting a specific thing. | |||
*red: the ending. | |||
*blue: the mutation. | |||
*green: the impersonal infix. (for verbs) | |||
*purple: the mutation within the ending. (for prepositions) | |||
===Nominals=== | ===Nominals=== | ||
====Nouns==== | ====Nouns==== | ||