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'''Azalic''' ([[Togarmite]]: ''lysėni Azali''; Proto-Azalic: ''Əngoilin woiq̇'') is an imagined Indo-European branch by [[User:Praimhín]], intended to serve as an alternate possible [[Verse:Irta/English|diachronics of the English language]]. To make it impossible for it to evolve into any Germanic language other than English, Proto-Azalic emphasizes specifically English sound changes within Germanic such as the nasal spirant law (which in Proto-Azalic is a nasal before aspirated/breathy stops law), while minimizing shared innovations with Proto-Germanic such as Grimm's and Verner's laws and ey > ī. | '''Azalic''' ([[Togarmite]]: ''lysėni Azali''; Proto-Azalic: ''Əngoilin woiq̇'') is an imagined Indo-European branch by [[User:Praimhín]], intended to serve as an alternate possible [[Verse:Irta/English|diachronics of the English language]]. To make it impossible for it to evolve into any Germanic language other than English, Proto-Azalic emphasizes specifically English sound changes within Germanic such as the nasal spirant law (which in Proto-Azalic is a nasal before aspirated/breathy stops law), while minimizing shared innovations with Proto-Germanic such as Grimm's and Verner's laws and ey > ī. | ||
The name ''Azalic'' is derived from ''Åzalaa'', a Hivantish cognate of Əngoil /ˈəngojl/, the legendary mother of the Azalic people (meaning "The Unploughed"; cognate of Ahalyā in Hindu mythology). Like in our timeline, English was the lingua franca of a huge part of the world, but unlike in our timeline, this resulted in English being the most conservative language in the Azalic branch. This is due to Proto-Azalic already having undergone morphological simplifications from PIE, to the point where it's almost as analytic as English. Other descendants have changed a lot more and have various typologies, including innovated gender systems, agglutinating morphology and even predicate-first syntax. | The name ''Azalic'' is derived from ''Åzalaa'', a Hivantish cognate of Əngoil /ˈəngojl/, the legendary mother of the Azalic people (meaning "The Unploughed"; cognate of Ahalyā in Hindu mythology). Like in our timeline, English was the lingua franca of a huge part of the world (namely in the Remonitionist areas of Europe), but unlike in our timeline, this resulted in English being the most conservative language in the Azalic branch. This is due to Proto-Azalic already having undergone morphological simplifications from PIE, to the point where it's almost as analytic as English. Other descendants have changed a lot more and have various typologies, including innovated gender systems, agglutinating morphology and even predicate-first syntax. | ||
Proto-Azalic is notable for having wide phonological and lexical variation across dialects. The central dialects evolved into English. Most other Azalic languages are from the peripheral dialects, which have some unique IE isoglosses. (read: excuse to make non-Englishy Azalic languages) | Proto-Azalic is notable for having wide phonological and lexical variation across dialects. The central dialects evolved into English. Most other Azalic languages are from the peripheral dialects, which have some unique IE isoglosses. (read: excuse to make non-Englishy Azalic languages) | ||