Adamic Code: Difference between revisions
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*Much like consonants, vowels in Adamic are positioned in the currents ''front>back>central'' ( and ''short>long'' (<small>LENGTH</small>) | *Much like consonants, vowels in Adamic are positioned in the currents ''front>back>central'' (<small>POSITION</small>) and ''short>long'' (<small>LENGTH</small>); with the process exceptionally known as ''IAU''. Contrary to the consonantal series, though, vowels may generate new articulations of themselves depending on their arrangement and whether the speaker's form of the Adamic Code puts prominence on the /i/ (feminine) or the /u/ (masculine) vowels: | ||
* /i/ ... | ** /i/ ... | ||
* /u̯i/ and /ui̯/ together with /i̯u/ and /iu̯/ are allophones, but in a more poetic register a difference may be made between i-dependent and u-dependent dialects, wherein one of each pair can be chosen in order to arrive at /ɨ/~/ɨː/ or /ʉ/~/ʉː/. | ** /u̯i/ and /ui̯/ together with /i̯u/ and /iu̯/ are allophones, but in a more poetic register a difference may be made between i-dependent and u-dependent dialects, wherein one of each pair can be chosen in order to arrive at /ɨ/~/ɨː/ or /ʉ/~/ʉː/. | ||
* { āu āū aū } > aū | ** { āu āū aū } > aū | ||
ui > ȳ, iu > y | ui > ȳ, iu > y | ||
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au > ō, ua > o, iua > io, aui > ōi, *iau > iō, aia > oi | au > ō, ua > o, iua > io, aui > ōi, *iau > iō, aia > oi | ||
*iai > *iē, *uau > *uō | **iai > *iē, *uau > *uō | ||
*iia > * | **iia > * | ||