Phonological history of Valthungian: Difference between revisions

 
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'''→ 410ᴀᴅ. This stage of the language is approximately what was spoken by the Ostrogoths who sacked Rome.'''
'''→ 410ᴀᴅ. This stage of the language is approximately what was spoken by the Ostrogoths who sacked Rome.'''
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===Spirantisation II===
===Spirantisation II===
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|style="text-align: center;"| ''wlaðuvni''<br />[wlaðu'''v'''ni]
|style="text-align: center;"| ''wlaðuvni''<br />[wlaðu'''v'''ni]
|style="text-align: center;"| ''wlaðus''<br />[wla'''ð'''us]
|style="text-align: center;"| ''wlaðus''<br />[wla'''ð'''us]
|style="text-align: center;"| ''njuklaga(swô)''<br />[njukla'''ɡ'''aswoʊ̯]
|style="text-align: center;"| ''njuclaga(swô)''<br />[njukla'''ɡ'''aswoʊ̯]
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!style="text-align: right;"| Valth:  
!style="text-align: right;"| Valth:  
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===Changes to Geminate Nasals I===
===Changes to Geminate Nasals I===
Part of a major change to all geminate consonants in the language that occur around 700ᴀᴅ. We’ll deal with each change separately here.
Part of a major change to all geminate consonants in the language that occur around 700ᴀᴅ. We’ll deal with each change separately here.
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!style="text-align: right;"| MidVal:  
!style="text-align: right;"| MidVal:  
|style="text-align: center;"| ''switmɴ''<br />[swɪtmn̩]
|style="text-align: center;"| ''switmɴ''<br />[swɪtmn̩]
|style="text-align: center;"| ''kutnɴ''<br />[kʊtnn̩]
|style="text-align: center;"| ''cutnɴ''<br />[kʊtnn̩]
|style="text-align: center;"| ''þatma''<br />[θatmə]
|style="text-align: center;"| ''þatma''<br />[θatmə]
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===Changes to Geminate Liquids===
Part of a major change to all geminate consonants in the language that occur around 700ᴀᴅ. We’ll deal with each change separately here.
Part of a major change to all geminate consonants in the language that occur around 700ᴀᴅ. We’ll deal with each change separately here.
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===Metathesis===
===Metathesis===
===Deletion of s after r===
===Deletion of s after r===
===s-Clusters Diffused===
===s-Clusters Diffused===
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'''→ 711ᴀᴅ. Moors from North Africa invade Spain, pushing out the Visigoths.'''
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'''→ 768ᴀᴅ. Reign of Charlemagne begins.'''
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'''→ 793ᴀᴅ. Vikings destroy the church at Lindisfarne.'''
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===Lengthening of Word-Final Stressed Vowels===
===Lengthening of Word-Final Stressed Vowels===
===Reversal of High Diphthong Altitude Trajectory===
===Reversal of High Diphthong Altitude Trajectory===
===Umlaut===
===Umlaut===
===Launch of Rhotacism===
===Launch of Rhotacism===
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'''→ 820ᴀᴅ. Vikings settle in Normandy.'''
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===Changes of /j/ to /ʝ/===
===Changes of /j/ to /ʝ/===
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'''→ 860ᴀᴅ. Vikings discover Iceland.'''
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'''→ 866ᴀᴅ. Anglo-Saxons united under Alfred the Great, captures London from the Danes.'''
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===Long Mid Vowel Diphthongisation I===
===Long Mid Vowel Diphthongisation I===
===Expansion of East Germanic Verschärfung===
===Expansion of East Germanic Verschärfung===
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===j/z Merger===
===j/z Merger===


 
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'''→ 1066ᴀᴅ. The Norman Invasion of England triggers the dawn of Middle English. No East Germanic languages are affected by this.'''
'''→ 1066ᴀᴅ. The Norman Invasion of England triggers the dawn of Middle English. No East Germanic languages are affected by this.'''
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===Initial h to þ before a sonorant===
===Initial h to þ before a sonorant===