Glommish/Old
< Glommish
Glommish/Old is the most recent common ancestor of Þiúdьsk and Ufirlandisg.
Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Velar | ||
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Nasal | m m | n n | |||
Stop /Affricate |
voiceless | p p | t t | k c~k | |
voiced | b b | d d | g ɟ~g | ||
Fricative | f f~v | þ θ~ð | s s~z | h ç~x~h | |
Resonant | w ʋ | r r | l l | j j |
All consonants except *j can be allophonically palatalized before front vowels (*e *ē *ö *ȫ *i *ī *ü *ǖ *eu *iu). The palatalization is still allophonic in Glommish/Old but the allophonic palatalization may have been especially strong in k/g.
Vowels
a ā e ē əi i ī o ō ö ȫ u ū ü ǖ au eu iu (e ē were probably very open, close to /æ æː/)
U-umlaut: a ā e ē i ī > o ō ö ȫ ü ǖ (from PGmc *a *ō/ā *e *ē *i *ī)
Vowel reflexes in stressed syllables:
a ā e ē ə̄ i ī o ō ö ȫ u ū ü ǖ au eu iu
Þiúd'sk: > a á ia/ie iá ý i í o ó ie ié iu iú i í ó ió iú
Ufirlandisg: > a ā ia(üe after w) iā(üē after w) ē(uō after w) i(ü after w) ī(ǖ after w) uo uō üe üē u ū ü ǖ au iau ieu
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
a-stem: wulf (m.) 'wolf' | ||
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Case | Singular | Plural |
Nominative | wulfa | wulfār |
Accusative | wulfa | wulfān |
Genitive | wulfs | wulfā |
Dative | wulfəi | wulfam |
Instrumental | wulfā | wulfam |