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Systematic sound changes for Knench, alongside important grammatical events
== PCanaanite to Ancient Knench ==
== PCanaanite to Ancient Knench ==
# i u → e o
# i u → e o
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# Unstressed long vowels shorten, preserving vowel quality
# Unstressed long vowels shorten, preserving vowel quality
# Stress shift
# Stress shift
# Maghrebi syncope; pretonic /a/ and /e/ deleted
# Maghrebi syncope
## pretonic /a/ and /e/ deleted
## unstressed long vowels shorten; overlongs shorten to unreduced


== Middle Knench to Modern Knench ==
== Middle Knench to Modern Knench ==

Revision as of 22:18, 29 July 2022

Systematic sound changes for Knench, alongside important grammatical events

PCanaanite to Ancient Knench

  1. i u → e o
  2. ā → ō → ū
  3. Final ʔ and h deleted, yielding overlong vowels
  4. z → Basque z; s š → Basque s

Ancient Knench to Middle Knench

  1. Emphatics merge with voiced stops
  2. Unstressed long vowels shorten, preserving vowel quality
  3. Stress shift
  4. Maghrebi syncope
    1. pretonic /a/ and /e/ deleted
    2. unstressed long vowels shorten; overlongs shorten to unreduced

Middle Knench to Modern Knench