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Nurian made more Maltese + Latvian + Sámi + Old English; modern Bjeheondian sprachbund features
Windermere: brits Nur
Short vowels after nongeminates syncope
mh nh ngh > pm tn kng clusters
Fem ending becomes -a
PTal *ph > f rather than 0 as in all the other Talmic branches (because Maltese/Old English)
þ đ for dental stops, t d for alv/retro stops; t d should color preceding e to eo etc. like r would in Old English
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Kakarai ħausį gatthāną kaθ θeθeivų di khussiū kat iġġiatū; ammimīdīnį nai ȝabbī kad dȳkaluttī, ṡiūȝą danθū hieθariākah ħaibatthah di helą venghimę. -> Lēag ħara ħēasla gaþēonu ħ stāwu z ħusciu ħ iġeð. Amīðen nā għeabi ħ dīħlað, scīegħu deonnu hīeðarzēoħ ħāfaþ z eolu heongmi.
i e/a u ī ē ā ū ie uo ai au > e æ/a o i īe ēo ý īe ū ā ēa (many of these shifts mirror Proto-Ntg > Modern Ntg changes)
new ē from compensatory lengthening/new short versions of long vowels from umlaut/coloring/...
Phonology
Modern Nurian has a typologically unusual distinction between dental and alveolar stops and between many types of fricatives:
- t d = alveolar stops
- th = alveolar spirants (slit fricatives, often pronounced as Welsh ll)
- þ đ = (unaspirated) dental stops
- þh = dental spirants
- s z = dental/alveolar sibilants
- ṡ ż = postalvelar sibilants
Vowels: <a e i/y o u æ ie ea eo> /A e i o u æ iə~y ea eo~ø/ all with short and long counterparts
Consonants: <p þ t c ċ ķ k b đ d dz ġ ģ g m n ņ ng hw f þh th s ṡ ch w v z ż għ ħ l ļ r> /p t(dental) t ts tS c k b d(dental) d dz dZ J g m n ñ ŋ hw f θ θ(ret) s S x w v z Z ʕ ħ h l λ r/