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Nurian made more Maltese + Latvian + Old English + Yiddish; modern Bjeheondian sprachbund features such as dental vs retro and uvular R
Naeng: brits Panur
as syncope heavy as Maltese
mh nh ngh > pm tn kng clusters
PTal *ph > f rather than 0 as in all the other Talmic branches (because Maltese/Old English)
ŧ 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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Lēag qaqra ħēasla gthēonu x sŧāwu z ħusciu x iġeđ. Amīdn nā għeabi x dīħlead, scīegħu deonŧhu hīeđarzeaħ ħāfath z eolu hiķmi.
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/...
Nurian place names with Dvo- (from older Gwnax):
- Dvopprit
- Dvonrūk
- Dvotslīng
- Dvokhnēaks
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)
- ŧ đ = dental stops
- ŧh = 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 y ea ø/ all with short and long counterparts
Consonants: <p ŧ t c ċ ķ k q b đ d dz ġ ģ g m n ņ ng hw f ŧh th s ṡ x w v z ż għ ħ ł l ļ ŗ r> /p t̪ ʈ ts tʂ c k ʡ b d̪ ɖ dz dʐ J g m n ñ ŋ hw f t̪ ʈʰ s S x w v z ʐ ʕ ħ h l̪ˠ l λ r ʀ/