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==Sound changes==
==Sound changes==
#ph, th, ƛh, kh, qh > resp. aspirates
#''*ph *th *ƛh *kh *qh'' > resp. aspirates
#First spirantization:
#First spirantization:
#:qʰ > χ
#:''*qʰ > *χ''
#:pʰ > f
#:''*pʰ > *f''
#Radicalization:
#Radicalization:
#:q > ʡ
#:''*q > *ʡ''
#:χ > ħ
#:''*χ > *ħ''
#Assimilation of dentals:
#Assimilation of dentals:
#:ts, ths > ss
#:''*ts *ths'' > *ss''
#:dz, thz > zz > later z
#:''*dz *thz'' > ''*zz'' > later ''*z''
#:ƛs > ƛʰ
#:''*ƛs > *ƛʰ''
#:ƛz > λ
#:''*ƛz > λ''
#Some cluster changes:
#Some cluster changes:
#:tk > kt
#:''*tk > *kt''
#:tp, db, kp, gb > tv, dv, kv, gv (should be earlier than PTal?)
#:''*tp *db *kp *gb > *tw *dw *kw *gw'' (should be earlier than PTal?)
#:kt, łt, kþ > xt
#:''*kt *łt *'' > ''*xt''
#:pþ > ps
#:''*'' > ''*ps''
#:qt > ħt
#:''*ʡt'' > ''*ħt''
#Second spirantization:
#Second spirantization:
#:tʰ > þ
#:tʰ > þ

Revision as of 13:34, 7 September 2014

Proto-Talsmic phonology

Consonant inventory

Proto-Talsmic reconstructed consonants
Labial Alveolar Lateral Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal *m *n
Plosive voiceless *p *t *k *q
voiced *b *d *g
aspirated *pʰ *tʰ *ƛʰ *kʰ *qʰ
Fricative voiceless *s *h
voiced *z *ḽ
Approximant *w *l *j
Trill *r

Vocalic inventory

Front Central Back
Close *i *ī *u *ū
Mid *e *ē *o *ō
Open *a *ā

Sound changes

  1. *ph *th *ƛh *kh *qh > resp. aspirates
  2. First spirantization:
    *qʰ > *χ
    *pʰ > *f
  3. Radicalization:
    *q > *ʡ
    *χ > *ħ
  4. Assimilation of dentals:
    *ts *ths > *ss
    *dz *thz > *zz > later *z
    *ƛs > *ƛʰ
    *ƛz > λ
  5. Some cluster changes:
    *tk > *kt
    *tp *db *kp *gb > *tw *dw *kw *gw (should be earlier than PTal?)
    *kt *łt *kþ > *xt
    *pþ > *ps
    *ʡt > *ħt
  6. Second spirantization:
    tʰ > þ
    kʰ > x
    ƛʰ > ł
    ʔC > C[+long]
  7. C̓ʔ, Ch > Ce usually,
    mʔ, nʔ, lʔ, rʔ > also mp, nt, lt, rt (especially in function morphemes)
    mh, nh, lh, rh > also nf, nþ, lþ, rþ
  8. Loss of laterals (nearly unique to Themsaran?):
    ƛ > ŧ /ts/
    ł > þ
    λ > l, λλ > ld
    ḽ > ð, ḽḽ > lð
  9. Rhotacization:
    z > r / _C[+voiced]
    dl > rl
  10. Epenthetic vowels are added:
    CC[+resonant]# > CyC[+resonant]# and in many functional morphemes.
  11. w > v (a velarized labiodental approximant)
  12. ʁ / V_V, _C[+coronal] > v (a Themsarian-only sound change)
  13. ʁ otherwise > ʕ
  14. Loss of glottal stop:
    • clitic =ʔ becomes final downstep
    • vowel contractions: (~ denotes *ʔ or *h)
    • *a~ > ā
    • *a~e, *ajV *a~i > ae
    • *aj, a~ī > ai
    • *a~o, *awV(sometimes), *a~u > ao
    • *aw, > au (sometimes)
    • *e~C > eaC
    • *ej, *ew, *e~ī > ei
    • *e~u, *e~ū > ju, jū
    • *ēj > ie
    • *ē~ > ie (sometimes)
    • *i~C > ieC
    • *o~C > oaC
    • *o~i, oj, u~i, uj > ȳ
    • *o~ī > oi
    • *ow > ū
    • *u~C > uoC
    • *u~ī > ui
  15. >
  16. *vv, *zz > *wv *z
    *bb *dd *gg > *mb *nd *ng; also *ʡʡ *ħħ > *ʡ *ħ, lengthening previous vowel
  17. C[+radical] > *a / _#

Classical Themsarian phonology

Consonant inventory

Consonants
Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Radical Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ n [ŋ]
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ c /k/ q /ʡ/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ g /g/
Fricative voiceless f /f/ th /θ/ s /s/ ch /x~ɣ/ ħ /ħ~ʜ/ h /h~ɦ/
voiced ð /ð/ z /z/ q [ʕ~ʢ]
Affricate ŧ /t̪s̪~ts~tɕ~tʃ/
Approximant v /ʋˠ/ j /j/
Trill r /r/
Lateral app. l /l/

Vocalic inventory

Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i/ ī /iː/ y /ʉ̜/ ȳ /ʉ̜ː/ u /u/ ū /uː/
Mid e /e̞/ ē /e̞ː/ o /o̞/ ō /o̞ː/
Open a /a/ ā /aː/