Verse:Ed Dynje/Icelandic Romance

Icelandic Romance is the main language spoken in Jarthe's Iceland. It is a result of L2 acquisition of a Gallo-Romance language by Old Norse speakers.

• stad /stɛð̞/ (past participle of ese /esʲə/) <- estat
• la vide /lɛ ˈvi.ð̞̩/ 'life'

Phonology

Articulatory basis

• strong stress accent
• lenition outside of stressed syllables
• tendency towards palatalization
• simplification of diphthongs