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==Development==

Húsnorsk's phonological history is, ~~for~~ the ~~most part, deeply understood. The~~ development of certain consonants and vowels isn't fully understood, such as the mechanism behind Old Norse initial /x/ to Nygadsnorsk /k/, which is extremely poorly understood as it's not known what caused it nor where it happens.

Húsnorsk's phonological history after Pre-Húsnorsk is deeply understood, though the development of certain consonants and vowels isn't fully understood, such as the mechanism behind Old Norse initial /x/ to Nygadsnorsk /k/, which is extremely poorly understood as it's not known what caused it nor where it happens.

The following are the reconstructed phonological and grammatical changes between Old West Norse and Húsnorsk. Grammatical changes will be italicized..

===Varhúsnorsk===

*/ar/ to /ɐ/.

*/xʷ/ to /x/, the lost labialization affects the vowel, rounding or raising vowels.

*/ʀ/ to /j/

*/Vl/ to /Vu̯/, but /Vl:/ to /Vu̯d/ (where /V/ is any vowel, /ul/ to /uː/), syllabic /l/ seemingly remains.

*/mb, nd, ŋg/ to /bː, dː, gː/

*''Dual pronouns lost? (The timing is uncertain, but it happened relatively early on)''

*/rn, rm/ to /tn, pm/

*/v/ to /b/ before approximants (/f/ > /p/ only occurs word initially, as it was [v] elsewhere)

*/fp, vb/ to /pː, bː/

*''Dative leveled to -i/-inū/-ū/-unū.''

*/ð, ɣ/ lost between two sonorants (/r, l, n, m, j, w/, but for some reason not OEN ʀ, which had merged with /j/ at this point)

*/ð, ɣ/ lost between two sonorants (/r, l, n, m, j, w/, but for some reason not OEN ʀ, which had merged with /j/ at this point

*<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)

*''-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/)

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===Nygadsnorsk===

*coda geminates to /ʰC/ when voiceless, to a fricative when voiced, and nasals to /PN/ (eg. /n:/ > /tn/)

*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/)

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 ==Development==
-Húsnorsk's phonological history is, for the most part, deeply understood. The development of certain consonants and vowels isn't fully understood, such as the mechanism behind Old Norse initial /x/ to Nygadsnorsk /k/, which is extremely poorly understood as it's not known what caused it nor where it happens.
+Húsnorsk's phonological history after Pre-Húsnorsk is deeply understood, though the development of certain consonants and vowels isn't fully understood, such as the mechanism behind Old Norse initial /x/ to Nygadsnorsk /k/, which is extremely poorly understood as it's not known what caused it nor where it happens.
 The following are the reconstructed phonological and grammatical changes between Old West Norse and Húsnorsk. Grammatical changes will be italicized..
 ===Varhúsnorsk===
-*/ar/ to /ɐ/.
 */xʷ/ to /x/, the lost labialization affects the vowel, rounding or raising vowels.
 */ʀ/ to /j/
 */Vl/ to /Vu̯/, but /Vl:/ to /Vu̯d/ (where /V/ is any vowel, /ul/ to /uː/), syllabic /l/ seemingly remains.
-*/mb, nd, ŋg/ to /bː, dː, gː/
-*''Dual pronouns lost? (The timing is uncertain, but it happened relatively early on)''
 */rn, rm/ to /tn, pm/
-*/v/ to /b/ before approximants (/f/ > /p/ only occurs word initially, as it was [v] elsewhere)
-*/fp, vb/ to /pː, bː/
 *''Dative leveled to -i/-inū/-ū/-unū.''
-*/ð, ɣ/ lost between two sonorants (/r, l, n, m, j, w/, but for some reason not OEN ʀ, which had merged with /j/ at this point)
+*/ð, ɣ/ lost between two sonorants (/r, l, n, m, j, w/, but for some reason not OEN ʀ, which had merged with /j/ at this point
 *<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)
-*''-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/)
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 ===Nygadsnorsk===
-*coda geminates to /ʰC/ when voiceless, to a fricative when voiced, and nasals to /PN/ (eg. /n:/ > /tn/)
 *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/)