Verse:Irta (Old)/An Indo-Iranian branch: Difference between revisions
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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
vowels: /a ɔ~aʊ ɛ~aɪ ə e~eɪ o~oʊ ø~øy i u y/ | |||
the allemañisch alternation is conditioned by this rule: | the allemañisch alternation is conditioned by this rule: | ||
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actually i was thinking about making the alternants marginally phonemic (like before consonants that don't alternate) | actually i was thinking about making the alternants marginally phonemic (like before consonants that don't alternate) | ||
like /l, x/ | like /l, x/ | ||
it originally came from the rule "diphthongs in closed syllables, monophthongs in open syllables" (plus diphthongization before /n, s/) | it originally came from the rule "diphthongs in closed syllables, monophthongs in open syllables" (plus diphthongization before /n, s/). operates after r, -nj > j and attendant vowel coloring. | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||