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#:''*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''
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#:''*ʡt'' > ''*ħt''
#:''*ʡt'' > ''*ħt''
#Second spirantization:
#Second spirantization:
#:tʰ > þ
#:''*tʰ > *þ''
#:kʰ > x
#:''*kʰ > *x''
#:ƛʰ > ł
#:''*ƛʰ > *ł''
#:ʔC > C[+long]
#:ʔC > C[+long]
#C̓ʔ, Ch > Ce usually,
#, Ch > Ce usually
#:mʔ, , , rʔ > also mp, nt, lt, rt (especially in function morphemes)
#:''****'' > also ''*mp *nt *lt *rt'' (especially in function morphemes)
#:mh, nh, lh, rh > also nf, , ,
#:''*mh *nh *lh *rh'' > also ''*nf ***''
#Loss of laterals (nearly unique to Themsaran?):
#Loss of laterals (nearly unique to Themsarian?):
#:ƛ > ŧ /ts/
#:''*ƛ > *ŧ'' /ts/
#:ł > þ
#:''*ł > *þ''
#:λ > l, λλ > ld
#:''*λ > *l'', ''*λλ > *ld''
#:ḽ > ð, ḽḽ > lð
#:''*ḽ > *ð'', ''*ḽḽ > *''
#Rhotacization:
#Rhotacization:
#:z > r / _C[+voiced]
#:''*z > *r'' / _C[+voiced]
#:dl > rl
#:''*dl > *rl''
#Epenthetic vowels are added:
#Epenthetic vowels are added:
#:CC[+resonant]# > CyC[+resonant]# and in many functional morphemes.
#:CC[+resonant]# > CyC[+resonant]# and in many functional morphemes.
#w > v (a velarized labiodental approximant)
#''*w'' > ''*v'' /ʋˠ/
#ʁ / V_V, _C[+coronal] > v (a Themsarian-only sound change)
#''*ʁ'' / V_V, _C[+coronal] > ''*v'' (a Themsarian-only sound change)
#ʁ otherwise > ʕ
#''*ʁ'' otherwise > ''*ʕ''
#Loss of glottal stop:
#Loss of glottal stop:
#*clitic =ʔ becomes final downstep
#*clitic ''*'' becomes final downstep
#*vowel contractions: (~ denotes *ʔ or *h)
#*vowel contractions: (~ denotes '''' or ''*h'')
#*''*a~ > ā''
#*''*a~ > ā''
#*''*a~e, *ajV *a~i > ae''
#*''*a~e, *ajV *a~i > ae''
#*''*aj, a~ī > ai''
#*''*aj, a~ī > ai''
#*''*a~o, *awV(sometimes), *a~u > ao''
#*''*a~o (*awV) *a~u > ao''
#*''*aw, > au (sometimes)''
#*''*(aw) > au''
#*''*e~C > eaC''
#*''*e~C > eaC''
#*''*ej, *ew, *e~ī > ei''
#*''*ej *ew *e~ī > ei''
#*''*e~u, *e~ū > ju, jū''
#*''*e~u *e~ū > ju, jū''
#*''*ēj > ie''
#*''*ēj > ie''
#*''*ē~ > ie (sometimes)''
#*''(*ē~ > ie)''
#*''*i~C > ieC''
#*''*i~C > ieC''
#*''*o~C > oaC''
#*''*o~C > oaC''
#*''*o~i, oj, u~i, uj > ȳ''
#*''*o~i oj u~i uj > ȳ''
#*''*o~ī > oi''
#*''*o~ī > oi''
#*''*ow > ū''
#*''*ow > ū''

Revision as of 13:39, 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. Cʔ, 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 Themsarian?):
    *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 /ʋˠ/
  12. / V_V, _C[+coronal] > *v (a Themsarian-only sound change)
  13. otherwise >
  14. Loss of glottal stop:
    • clitic *=ʔ becomes final downstep
    • vowel contractions: (~ denotes or *h)
    • *a~ > ā
    • *a~e, *ajV *a~i > ae
    • *aj, a~ī > ai
    • *a~o (*awV) *a~u > ao
    • *(aw) > au
    • *e~C > eaC
    • *ej *ew *e~ī > ei
    • *e~u *e~ū > ju, jū
    • *ēj > ie
    • (*ē~ > ie)
    • *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/