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Modern Gothic is used in three different settings. The first is Yrof. Yrof is a fantasy world. The next is an alternate timeline where the Ostrogoths survived as a culture to the modern day. The last is a My Little Pony alternate universe called ''Constraints on Harmony''. | Modern Gothic is used in three different settings. The first is Yrof. Yrof is a fantasy world. The next is an alternate timeline where the Ostrogoths survived as a culture to the modern day. The last is a My Little Pony alternate universe called ''Constraints on Harmony''. | ||
== Dialects == | == Dialects == | ||
There are 6 main dialects of Modern Gothic. These are divided into 3 branches: Coastal, Eastern, and Southern. Coastal is comprised of the Standard form of the language, the Northern varieties, and some that are related to the standard form.<br> | There are 6 main dialects of Modern Gothic. These are divided into 3 branches: Coastal, Eastern, and Southern. Coastal is comprised of the Standard form of the language, the Northern varieties (NMG), and some that are related to the standard form.<br> | ||
Eastern is divided into Near and Far. Far Eastern Gothic has heavy Slavic influence, such as both stages of Slavic palatalization. Near Eastern Gothic only went through the second stage.<br> | Eastern is divided into Near and Far. Far Eastern Gothic (FEMG) has heavy Slavic influence, such as both stages of Slavic palatalization. Near Eastern Gothic (NEMG) only went through the second stage.<br> | ||
Southern Gothic has significant Greek influences. It is the most conservative of all the dialects. | Southern Gothic (DMG) has significant Greek influences. It is the most conservative of all the dialects. | ||
=== Sound changes from Biblical Gothic to Middle Gothic === | === Sound changes from Biblical Gothic to Middle Gothic === | ||
==== General ==== | ==== General ==== | ||
/kʷ/ was re-analyzed as /kw/. Gothic ''qiman'' → ''*kiuman'' → ''kiumaz / kumes'', 'to come'. <br> | /kʷ/ was re-analyzed as /kw/. <br> | ||
/mn/ assimilated to /mː/. Gothic ''himins'' → ''*himns'' → ''emm'', 'heaven'. | * Gothic ''qiman'' → ''*kiuman'' → ''kiumaz / kumes / NMG kyms'', 'to come'. <br> | ||
/mn/ assimilated to /mː/. <br> | |||
* Gothic ''himins'' → ''*himns'' → ''emm'', 'heaven'. | |||
==== Elision ==== | ==== Elision ==== | ||
Unstressed, short vowels are elided when near stressed or long occurrences of the same vowel. | Unstressed, short vowels are elided when near stressed and/or long occurrences of the same vowel. | ||
==== Metathesis ==== | ==== Metathesis ==== | ||
This primarily happened with liquids. if /l r/ are adjacent to /h/, they are switched so /h/ is either directly before or after a vowel. Gothic ''marhs'' → ''*mahrs'' → ''mȃr'', 'horse'. | This primarily happened with liquids. if /l r/ are adjacent to /h/, they are switched so /h/ is either directly before or after a vowel. <br> | ||
* Gothic ''marhs'' → ''*mahrs'' → ''mȃr'', 'horse'. <br> | |||
* Gothic ''hlahjan'' → ''*lhahjn'' → ''ȃȃjz / ȃȃjs'', 'to laugh'. | |||
==== H-Lowering ==== | ==== H-Lowering ==== | ||
V + ''h'' clusters, or ''h'' + V, caused the vowel to be lowered. If the /h/ was after the vowel, said vowel gets lengthened. <br> | |||
* Gothic ''hardus'' → ''ȃrd'', 'hard'. <br> | |||
* Gothic ''saihs'' → ''*saas'' → ''saa'', 'six'. | |||
==== W-Rounding ==== | ==== W-Rounding ==== | ||
V + ''w'' clusters, or ''w'' + V, caused the vowel to be rounded. If the /w/ or /u̯/ was after the vowel, said vowel gets lengthened. Back vowels, /u ɔ uː oː ɔː/, become longer. <br> | |||
* Gothic ''wintrus'' → ''*iuntrus'' → ''iuttre / uttre / NMG yttr'', 'winter'. <br> | |||
* Gothic ''fidwor'' → ''fidoer / fidor '', 'four'. <br> | |||
* Gothic ''thiuda'' → ''thiudh / thuth'', 'people'. | |||
==Standard New Gothic == | ==Standard New Gothic == | ||
=== Phonology === | === Phonology === | ||