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The English name ''Essanian'' is derived from Medieval Latin ''Essanianus'', a Latinization of Middle Essanian ''exanyán''. | The English name ''Essanian'' is derived from Medieval Latin ''Essanianus'', a Latinization of Middle Essanian ''exanyán''. | ||
===Features=== | |||
====Phonological==== | |||
*I- (before vowels), G- (before front vowels) become /dʒ ~ ʒ/. | |||
**Shared with Catalan and Portuguese. | |||
*Diphthongization of Ŏ & Ĕ to /we/ and /je/. | |||
**Shared with Aragonese, Astur-Leonese, Spanish (except before yod),Catalan (only before yod). | |||
*Preservation of initial F-. | |||
**Differs from Spanish and some varieties of Astur-Leonese. | |||
*Preservation of initial L-. | |||
**Differs from Astur-Leonese and Catalan. | |||
*Preservation of initial N-. | |||
**Differs from some varieties of Astur-Leonese. | |||
*Preservation of intervocalic -L- and -N-. | |||
**Differs from Galician and Portuguese. | |||
*Monophthongization of falling diphthongs. | |||
**Shared with Spanish, Catalan, and some varieties of Astur-Leonese. | |||
*-LT- (after U) and -CT- become /jt/ after stressed vowels and /tʃ/ after unstressed vowels. | |||
**The outcome after unstressed vowels is shared with Spanish and some varieties of Astur-Leonese, while the outcome after stressed vowels is shared with the remaining Iberian Romance languages. | |||
*Palatalization of -Lj-, -C'L-, -T'L-, -G'L- to /ʎ/. | |||
**Differs from Spanish and some varieties of Astur-Leonese. | |||
*Palatalization of -LL- to /ʎ/. | |||
**Differs from Portuguese and Galician. | |||
*Palatalization of -NN- to /ɲ/. | |||
**Differs from Portuguese and Galician. | |||
*-M'N- becomes /m/. | |||
**Differs from Spanish. | |||
*Palatalization of -X-, -PS-, -SCj- to /ʃ/. | |||
**Differs from Spanish. | |||
*Preservation of CL-, FL-, PL-. | |||
**Shared with Catalan. | |||
*Preservation of intervocalic -T-, -P-, -C-. | |||
**Shared with some Aragonese dialects. | |||
*The following features are unique to Essanian among the Iberian Romance languages: | |||
**-ST- becomes /θ/. | |||
**-SC- and -SP- become /ʃ/. | |||
**Palatalization of C before front vowels to /tʃ/. | |||
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