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*/Vl/ to /Vu̯/, but /Vl:/ to /Vu̯d/ (where /V/ is any vowel, /ul/ to /uː/)
*/Vl/ to /Vu̯/, but /Vl:/ to /Vu̯d/ (where /V/ is any vowel, /ul/ to /uː/)
*/mb, nd, ŋg/ to /bː, dː, gː/
*/mb, nd, ŋg/ to /bː, dː, gː/
**Dual pronouns lost? (The timing is uncertain, but it happened relatively early on)
*''Dual pronouns lost? (The timing is uncertain, but it happened relatively early on)''
*/rn, rm/ to /tn, pm/
*/rn, rm/ to /tn, pm/
*/v/ to /b/ before approximants (/f/ > /p/ only occurs word initially, as it was [v] elsewhere)
*/v/ to /b/ before approximants (/f/ > /p/ only occurs word initially, as it was [v] elsewhere)
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*<sup>?</sup> /st/ to /s/ after consonants, especially nasals
*<sup>?</sup> /st/ to /s/ after consonants, especially nasals
*final nasals to nasalization when following a vowel, this always occurs in inflectional endings regardless if it's word final or not (see -anna > -ãna)
*final nasals to nasalization when following a vowel, this always occurs in inflectional endings regardless if it's word final or not (see -anna > -ãna)
*''-ðr-/-nn- paradigm leveled to -ðr- throughout''
**''see Old Norse "annarr" and "mann" (accusative of "maðr") to Nygadsnorsk "adrarą" and "mad" (-nn > -d due to the next change)''
*Devoicing of stops in contact with /s/
*/-u̯/ to /-y̯/ after round vowels (so /øu/ > /øy/)
*/-u̯/ to /-y̯/ after round vowels (so /øu/ > /øy/)


===Nygadsnorsk===
===Nygadsnorsk===
*coda geminates to /ʰC/ when voiceless, to a fricative when voiced, and nasals to /PN/ (eg. /n:/ > /tn/)
*coda geminates to /ʰC/ when voiceless, to a fricative when voiced, and nasals to /PN/ (eg. /n:/ > /tn/)
*''-ðr-/-nn- paradigm leveled to -ðr- throughout''
**''see Old Norse "annarr" and "mann" (accusative of "maðr") to Nygadsnorsk "adrarą" and "mad" (-nn > -d due to the next change)''
**''Around the same time as the -ðr-/-nn- leveling, the masculine consonant stems are merged with the masculine a-stems''
*Diphthong flattening: /au, ɛu, eu, iu, øu, yu, ɔu, ou/ /ɔː, øː, øː, yː, yː, yː, oː, uː/
*Diphthong flattening: /au, ɛu, eu, iu, øu, yu, ɔu, ou/ /ɔː, øː, øː, yː, yː, yː, oː, uː/
**Diphthong flattening continues after with /-j/. (thus "alr" becomes "œ" /œː/)
**Diphthong flattening continues after with /-j/. (thus "alr" becomes "œ" /œː/)
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*/ɣ/ to /g/
*/ɣ/ to /g/
*/rː/ to /ʒ/
*/rː/ to /ʒ/
*Devoicing of stops in contact with /s/
*splitting of /eː/ into /je/, this isn't a complete sound change.
*splitting of /eː/ into /je/, this isn't a complete sound change.


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*coda geminates shorten
*coda geminates shorten
*nasals to nasalization before fricatives, seemingly only when place of articulation is the same (/mun.ðʀ/ > /mũðj/, but /bloːm.stʀ/ > /bloːmsj/ )
*nasals to nasalization before fricatives, seemingly only when place of articulation is the same (/mun.ðʀ/ > /mũðj/, but /bloːm.stʀ/ > /bloːmsj/ )
*''-ðr-/-nn- paradigm leveled to -nn(j)- throughout''
**''see Old Norse "ǫðrum" (dative plural of "annarr") and "maðr" to Jugsnorsk "onnú" and "mannj"''
*Diphthong flattening: /au, ɛu, øu, yu, ɔu, ou/ /ɔː, œː, yː, yː, oː, uː/
*Diphthong flattening: /au, ɛu, øu, yu, ɔu, ou/ /ɔː, œː, yː, yː, oː, uː/
**Diphthong flattening continues after with /-j/. (thus "alr" becomes "œ" /œː/)
**Diphthong flattening continues after with /-j/. (thus "alr" becomes "œ" /œː/)
*/r̥, l̥/ to /r, l/
*/r̥, l̥/ to /r, l/
*''Genitive singular leveled to -s, words in -s now have a genitive in -ss''
*''Dative leveled to -i/-inū/-ū/-unū.''
*''Dative singular leveled to -i, thus words like "ríki" have a dative "ríkí"''
*''Sometime after, the original genitives are lost, and get reformed as dative + -s''
*/Cj/ > /Cʲ/ (/k, g, x, n, l/ to palatal)
*/Cj/ > /Cʲ/ (/k, g, x, n, l/ to palatal)
*/ɣ/ to /g/
*/ɣ/ to /g/
*Devoicing of stops in contact with /s/
*Vowel shifts:
*Vowel shifts (don't affect nasals):
**Overlong to plain long
**Overlong to plain long
**Short shifts: /i, e, u, o, a/ > /ɪ, ɛ, ʊ, ɔ, ɐ/
**Short shifts: /i, e, u, o, a/ > /ɪ, ɛ, ʊ, ɔ, ɐ/
**Long splitting: /iː, eː, ɛː, uː, oː, ɔː, yː, øː, œː, aː/ > /ɪi, ei, ɛi, ʊu, ou, ɔu, ʏy, øy, œy, au/
**Long splitting: /iː, eː, ɛː, uː, oː, ɔː, yː, øː, œː, aː/ > /ɪi, ei, ɛi, ʊu, ou, ɔu, ʏy, øy, œy, au/
***mergers: /ei, ɛi/, /ou, ɔu/, /øy, œy/ > /e̞i̯, o̞u̯, ø̞y̯/
**mergers: /ei, ɛi/, /ou, ɔu/, /øy, œy/ > /e̞i̯, o̞u̯, ø̞y̯/
*(co-occuring with vowel shifts) nasal vowels to long.
**nasal vowels to long, long nasals to overlong. (nasals unaffected by the other vowel shifts)
*Consonants followed by /f, s/ become aspirated.
*Consonants followed by /f, s/ become aspirated.
*The odd /gl̩/ (still [ɣl]) becomes /i̯l/
*The odd /gl̩/ (still [ɣl]) becomes /i̯l/