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===Umlaut=== | ===Umlaut=== | ||
Umlaut is another of those sound laws that no longer happens actively in the language, but it has become indicative of specific tenses or cases in the language. | |||
*Accusative singular nouns with palatalization ''are not'' umlauted. All other forms of nouns with palatalization ''are'' umlauted. | |||
*The past subjunctive of verbs is umlauted (except for the 3rd person singular in formal speech). (First person singular is palatalized ''and'' umlauted.) | |||
*Most class 1 weak verbs and strong verbs ending in ''–jan'' in Gothic have umlaut in the present and imperative. These verbs all end with ''–in'' in Gutish. | |||
Umlaut in Gutish initiates the following changes in the stressed vowel of a word: | |||
*‹a› → ‹e› | |||
*‹ā› → ‹ǣ› | |||
*‹ǭ› → ‹œ̄› | |||
*‹o› → ‹œ› | |||
*‹ō› → ‹œ̄› | |||
*‹u› → ‹y› | |||
*‹ū› → ‹ȳ› | |||
NB: Umlaut can refer to several different types of vowel change in Germanic languages – i/j-umlaut, u/w-umlaut, and a-umlaut most common – but only one type is present in Gutish. Umlaut here is used to refer specifically to i/j-umlaut, also known as i-umlaut, or front umlaut. | |||
NB for Linguists: The asymmetrical nature of the umlaut is the result of a later change to the long vowels. See Umlaut in the Rules at the end of this document. | |||
===Coronal Consonant Assimilation=== | ===Coronal Consonant Assimilation=== | ||