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====New Nepokian==== | ====New Nepokian==== | ||
In the late 18th century, when the Europeans made their first notices about this tongue, some people still pronounced the Nepokian l in certain circumstances as r. Though formerly classified as arbitrary, it was rather a late Middle Nepokian pronunciation. This wasn't the case with s and h, or t and k, as their sound shifts were finished centuries before. Linguists set the transition from Middle to New Nepokian in the | In the late 18th century, when the Europeans made their first notices about this tongue, some people still pronounced the Nepokian l in certain circumstances as r. Though formerly classified as arbitrary, it was rather a late Middle Nepokian pronunciation. This wasn't the case with s and h, or t and k, as their sound shifts were finished centuries before. Linguists set the transition from Middle to New Nepokian not later than in the 13th century. | ||
Modern Nepokian is spoken since the arrival of German colonialists in Southern Pacific. | Modern Nepokian is spoken since the arrival of German colonialists in Southern Pacific. Over the last 700 centuries, phonological (i.e., múhuki becoming mūki 'five', a very rare exception as there are no such contractions elsewhere) and grammatical changes have been very few, but the vocabulary was enriched dramatically in the last twohundred years. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||