Scots Norse: Difference between revisions
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! Near-High | ! Near-High | ||
| ɪ | | ɪ | ||
| colspan=2 | ʊ | | colspan=2 | ɤ~ʊ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Mid | ! Mid | ||
| e | | e | ||
| rowspan=2 | (ə) | | rowspan=2 | (ə) | ||
| o | | o | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Low | ! Low | ||
| | | æ~ɛ | ||
| | | ɔ~ɒ | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
#/ə | #/ə/ is the unstressed realization of /æ, ɔ/. (differing by slender vs broad) | ||
#/ | #/æ/ is often /ɛ/ before nasals, but rarely so anywhere else. | ||
Long vowels have long been lost, though their effects remain prominently, influencing the languages stress patterns heavily. | Long vowels have long been lost, though their effects remain prominently, influencing the languages stress patterns heavily. | ||
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*Before a fricative (Though "nh" is /n̥/) | *Before a fricative (Though "nh" is /n̥/) | ||
*In some irregular positions when loaned from another language. | *In some irregular positions when loaned from another language. | ||
===Dialects=== | |||
====Uist Norse==== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | | |||
! colspan=2 | labial | |||
! colspan=2 | dental | |||
! colspan=2 | alveolar | |||
! colspan=2 | velar | |||
|- | |||
! broad | |||
! slender | |||
! broad | |||
! slender | |||
! broad | |||
! slender | |||
! broad | |||
! slender | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | Nasal | |||
| mˠ | |||
| mʲ | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| nˠ | |||
| ɲ | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan=2 | Stop | |||
! Unvoiced | |||
| pˠ | |||
| pʲ | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| tˠ | |||
| tʲ | |||
| k | |||
| c | |||
|- | |||
! Voiced | |||
| bˠ | |||
| bʲ | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| dˠ | |||
| dʲ | |||
| g | |||
| ɟ | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan=2 | Fricative | |||
! Unvoiced | |||
| fˠ | |||
| fʲ | |||
| θˠ | |||
| θʲ | |||
| sˠ | |||
| ʃ | |||
| x | |||
| ç | |||
|- | |||
! Voiced | |||
| vˠ | |||
| vʲ | |||
| ðˠ | |||
| ðʲ | |||
| zˠ | |||
| ʒ | |||
| ɣ | |||
| ʝ | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | Approximant | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| rˠ, lˠ | |||
| rʲ, ʎ | |||
| colspan=2 | j | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan=2 | | |||
! rowspan=2 | Front | |||
! colspan=2 | Back | |||
|- | |||
! Unround | |||
! Round | |||
|- | |||
! High | |||
| i | |||
| | |||
| u | |||
|- | |||
! Mid | |||
| e | |||
| ɤ | |||
| o | |||
|- | |||
! Low | |||
| ɛ | |||
| (ɐ) | |||
| ɔ~ɒ | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
#/ə/ is the unstressed realization of /ɛ, ɔ/. (differing by slender vs broad) | |||
Nasal vowels in Uist Norse are typically realized slightly centralized and longer, often without the nasalization. | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan=2 | | |||
! rowspan=2 | Front | |||
! colspan=2 | Back | |||
|- | |||
! Unround | |||
! Round | |||
|- | |||
! High | |||
| ɪ̈ˑ | |||
| | |||
| ʊ̈ˑ | |||
|- | |||
! Mid | |||
| ɘˑ | |||
| əˑ | |||
| ɵˑ | |||
|- | |||
! Low | |||
| ɜˑ | |||
| (ɐˑ) | |||
| ɞˑ | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
The rules for stress are very slightly more complex than they were in Old Norse, but not by much. | The rules for stress are very slightly more complex than they were in Old Norse, but not by much. | ||