Pre-Húsnorsk: Difference between revisions

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===Development===

The development of Pre-Húsnorsk is ~~poorly~~ understood ~~at best~~, it seems to ~~follow Old~~ Norse ~~for~~ the ~~most part~~, but ~~misses some~~ of the ~~vital shifts that define~~ Old ~~Norse~~.

The development of Pre-Húsnorsk is not entirely understood, and it's doubtful that it ever will be, as it seems several of the changes went unwritten, leaving linguists only to conjecture over possibilities. The major sound changes are listed below.

From Proto-Norse:

*ʀ begun assimilating with neighboring sonorants, but not with other consonants (*-inʀ > -inn)

*Nasals are definitively lost before /s/, nasalizing the preceding the vowel. This seems to also affect nasals before *z

*-Vn develops into a nasal vowel (eg. *habjan > *habją (Pre-Húsnorsk ''hæfą''))

*Word final ē in Proto-Norse develops into ī in Pre-Húsnorsk, but remains as ē elsewhere.

*stressed e breaks into ja, unless following w or r

*I and U umlaut begin: (causes the loss of /i, u/, and the shortening of /iː, uː/, when the /i, u/ is nasal, the nasalization spreads)

**with i: /e, ɛ, a, u, o/ > /i, e, ɛ, y, ø/

**with u: /i, e, ɛ, a, o/ > /y, ø, œ, ɔ, u/

**with i and u: /e, ɛ, a, o/ > /y, ø, œ, y/

*/au/ and /øy/ merge to /øy/

*coda /l/ had likely developed into /ʟ/ by Old Húsnorsk

*j lost word initially, and w lost before round vowels

*At some point, /NC/ becomes /CC/ (eg. mp, mb, nt, nd, nk, ng > pp, bb, tt, dd, kk, gg)

==Phonology==

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 ===Development===
-The development of Pre-Húsnorsk is poorly understood at best, it seems to follow Old Norse for the most part, but misses some of the vital shifts that define Old Norse.
+The development of Pre-Húsnorsk is not entirely understood, and it's doubtful that it ever will be, as it seems several of the changes went unwritten, leaving linguists only to conjecture over possibilities. The major sound changes are listed below.
+From Proto-Norse:
+*ʀ begun assimilating with neighboring sonorants, but not with other consonants (*-inʀ > -inn)
+*Nasals are definitively lost before /s/, nasalizing the preceding the vowel. This seems to also affect nasals before *z
+*-Vn develops into a nasal vowel (eg. *habjan > *habją (Pre-Húsnorsk ''hæfą''))
+*Word final ē in Proto-Norse develops into ī in Pre-Húsnorsk, but remains as ē elsewhere.
+*stressed e breaks into ja, unless following w or r
+*I and U umlaut begin: (causes the loss of /i, u/, and the shortening of /iː, uː/, when the /i, u/ is nasal, the nasalization spreads)
+**with i: /e, ɛ, a, u, o/ > /i, e, ɛ, y, ø/
+**with u: /i, e, ɛ, a, o/ > /y, ø, œ, ɔ, u/
+**with i and u: /e, ɛ, a, o/ > /y, ø, œ, y/
+*/au/ and /øy/ merge to /øy/
+*coda /l/ had likely developed into /ʟ/ by Old Húsnorsk
+*j lost word initially, and w lost before round vowels
+*At some point, /NC/ becomes /CC/ (eg. mp, mb, nt, nd, nk, ng > pp, bb, tt, dd, kk, gg)
 ==Phonology==