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===Features=== | ===Features=== | ||
====Phonological==== | ====Phonological==== | ||
*I- (before vowels), | *Initial I- (before vowels), Gj- become /dʒ ~ ʒ/. | ||
**Shared with Catalan and Portuguese. | **Shared with Catalan and Portuguese. | ||
*Intervocalic -I-, -DI- become /j/. | |||
**Differs from Catalan. | |||
*Diphthongization of Ŏ & Ĕ to /we/ and /je/. | *Diphthongization of Ŏ & Ĕ to /we/ and /je/. | ||
**Shared with Aragonese, Astur-Leonese, Spanish (except before yod),Catalan (only before yod). | **Shared with Aragonese, Astur-Leonese, Spanish (except before yod),Catalan (only before yod). | ||
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**Differs from some varieties of Astur-Leonese. | **Differs from some varieties of Astur-Leonese. | ||
*Preservation of intervocalic -L- and -N-. | *Preservation of intervocalic -L- and -N-. | ||
**Differs from Galician | **Differs from Galician/Portuguese. | ||
*Monophthongization of falling diphthongs. | *Monophthongization of falling diphthongs. | ||
**Shared with Spanish, Catalan, and some varieties of Astur-Leonese. | **Shared with Spanish, Catalan, and some varieties of Astur-Leonese. | ||
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**Differs from Spanish and some varieties of Astur-Leonese. | **Differs from Spanish and some varieties of Astur-Leonese. | ||
*Palatalization of -LL- to /ʎ/. | *Palatalization of -LL- to /ʎ/. | ||
**Differs from Portuguese | **Differs from Galician/Portuguese. | ||
*Palatalization of -NN- to /ɲ/. | *Palatalization of -NN- to /ɲ/. | ||
**Differs from Portuguese | **Differs from Galician/Portuguese. | ||
*-M'N- becomes /m/. | *-M'N- becomes /m/. | ||
**Differs from Spanish. | **Differs from Spanish. | ||
*Palatalization of -X-, -PS-, -SCj- to /ʃ/. | *Palatalization of -X-, -PS-, -SCj- to /ʃ/. | ||
**Differs from Spanish. | **Differs from Spanish. | ||
*Preservation of CL-, FL-, PL-. | *Preservation of initial CL-, FL-, PL-. | ||
**Shared with Catalan. | **Shared with Catalan. | ||
*Preservation of intervocalic -T-, -P-, -C-. | *Preservation of intervocalic -T-, -P-, -C-. | ||
**Shared with some Aragonese dialects. | **Shared with some Aragonese dialects. | ||
*Insertion of (or, in some cases, preservation of) /j/ before or after a front vowel to avoid hiatus. | |||
**Shared with Aragonese and some varieties of Astur-Leonese. | |||
*Dropping of final -U in masculine nouns. | |||
**Shared with Catalan. | |||
*Preservation of non-dropped final -U in masculine nouns and adjectives as /u/. | |||
**Shared with Astur-Leonese and Galician/Portuguese (though it is likely a secondary development in the latter). | |||
*Dropping of final -E in most environments. | |||
*The following features are unique to Essanian among the Iberian Romance languages: | *The following features are unique to Essanian among the Iberian Romance languages: | ||
**-ST- becomes /θ/. | **-ST- becomes /θ/. | ||
**-SC- (non-palatalized) and -SP- become /ʃ/. | **-SC- (non-palatalized) and -SP- become /ʃ/. | ||
**Palatalization of Cj and -TI- (before vowels) to /tʃ/. | **Palatalization of Cj and -TI- (before vowels) to /tʃ/. | ||
*Insertion of /w/ before or after a front vowel to avoid hiatus. | |||
*Preservation of W- in loanwords. | |||
====Morphological==== | |||
*Pronouns and adjectives form a neuter in ''-o'' | |||
**Shared with Asturian. | |||
*Words ending in ''-a'' form their plural in ''-es''. | |||
**Shared with Asturian and Catalan. | |||
*Words ending in ''-u'' form their plural in ''-os''. | |||
**Shared with Asturian. | |||
*Most masculine words ending in a consonant form their plural in ''-os''. | |||
**Shared with Catalan (in certain situations). | |||
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