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===Modern===

Sudrey Norse is typically considered extinct, having developed into Scots Norse centuries ago, though some claims have sparked the idea it may still be spoken in the north of the Isle of Man. Though these claims are largely lacking evidence, there is some truth, a Nordic language has been loosely noted in the north of the Isle, but it's critically under-researched, so it cannot currently be claimed to be a form of Sudrey Norse.

==Development==

===Pre-Scots Norse===

*lengthening of stressed vowels in open syllables

*loss of gemination of non-sonorants.

*final /r̩/ and nominal singular /ɑr, ir/ > /ə/

*final front vowels > /ʲə/, final back vowels to /ə/

*hl, hv, hr > l, v, r

*/ɣ/ > /g/

*/w/ > /v/, causing /f/ [v] to merge back with [f], thus "arfa" [ɑr.vɑ] > [ɑr.fə] (modern /əɾf/)

*/θ, ð/ > /t, d/, with a few cases of /θ, ð/ > /f, v/

*diphthong flattening, /øy, ɒu, ɛi/ > /øː, oː, eː/

*merger of mid-high and mid-low vowels

*e > ja occasionally when Proto-Germanic *e (typically becomes ja in Old Norse anyways)

*/Cj/ > /Cʲ/

===Sudrey Norse===

*development of slender/broad/plain distinction

*front round vowels break to /jV/, where /V/ is a round back vowel

*short vowels > /ɪ, ɛ, ə, ʊ, ɔ/

*long vowels > /i, e, ɑ, u, o/

*(Western only) Loss of all gemination, including sonorants.

*loss of /ə/ between two sonorants (such as /jər/ > /ir/), unless part of an inflectional ending.

*unstressed vowels to /ə/.

*/r/ becomes /ɾ/ intervocalically<sup>?</sup>

==Phonology==

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 ===Modern===
 Sudrey Norse is typically considered extinct, having developed into Scots Norse centuries ago, though some claims have sparked the idea it may still be spoken in the north of the Isle of Man. Though these claims are largely lacking evidence, there is some truth, a Nordic language has been loosely noted in the north of the Isle, but it's critically under-researched, so it cannot currently be claimed to be a form of Sudrey Norse.
+==Development==
+===Pre-Scots Norse===
+*lengthening of stressed vowels in open syllables
+*loss of gemination of non-sonorants.
+*final /r̩/ and nominal singular /ɑr, ir/ > /ə/
+*final front vowels > /ʲə/, final back vowels to /ə/
+*hl, hv, hr > l, v, r
+*/ɣ/ > /g/
+*/w/ > /v/, causing /f/ [v] to merge back with [f], thus "arfa" [ɑr.vɑ] > [ɑr.fə] (modern /əɾf/)
+*/θ, ð/ > /t, d/, with a few cases of /θ, ð/ > /f, v/
+*diphthong flattening, /øy, ɒu, ɛi/ > /øː, oː, eː/
+*merger of mid-high and mid-low vowels
+*e > ja occasionally when Proto-Germanic *e (typically becomes ja in Old Norse anyways)
+*/Cj/ > /Cʲ/
+===Sudrey Norse===
+*development of slender/broad/plain distinction
+*front round vowels break to /jV/, where /V/ is a round back vowel
+*short vowels > /ɪ, ɛ, ə, ʊ, ɔ/
+*long vowels > /i, e, ɑ, u, o/
+*(Western only) Loss of all gemination, including sonorants.
+*loss of /ə/ between two sonorants (such as /jər/ > /ir/), unless part of an inflectional ending.
+*unstressed vowels to /ə/.
+*/r/ becomes /ɾ/ intervocalically<sup>?</sup>
 ==Phonology==