User:Aleisi Galan/Sabian-Evolution

Main Page: user:Aleisi Galan This page covers the potential evolution of a Vojvodina and Banat based Romance language with a large amount of Slavic influence and a divergent evolution both in vocabulary and grammar. It covers the evolution in stages, with both the phonological and morphological covered.

Phonological Evolution of Sabian

Vulgar Latin to Proto Sabian: 400 AD - 700 AD

This stage covers the transition from Vulgar Latin to Proto-Sabian. It covers the period from the end of the Roman empire, the occupation of the Avars, and the arrival of the Proto Slavs before their integration within the Sabian region and minor migrations to the Zemljask regions to the north.

Consonants and Clusters

Vulgar Latin to Proto-Sabian
entry	result	condition (I/A)
h	Ø	all
nct, mpt	nt	all
gn	ɲ	all
{sc, cc}, gg	st͡s, zd͡z	before front vowels
c, ch	t͡ʃ	before front vowels
g	z	front vowels
p, b, t, d, c, m	Ø	word finally
Vns, Vs	V:	word finally
Vns	V:s	else
pr, br, tr, dr, cr, gr	draw stressed position forwards	polysyllabic
b	v	intervocalically
sp, st, sk	jьsp, jьst, jьsk	word initially

Vowels

Vulgar Latin to Proto-Sabian
entry	result	condition (I/A)	category
V	V:	stressed	N/A
V:	V	unstressed	N/A
ī	raises prev. vowel	all	N/A
ā, a	a	all	back
e, æ	e	all	front
e	ě	stressed	front
e	ь	else	front
oV	o	all	back
o	uo	stressed, open	back
o	o	stressed, else	back
o	o, ъ	unstressed	back
ē, i, œ, y	e	stressed	front
ē	ь	unstressed	front
ē, e, i, ī, ȳ	j	next to vowels	approximant
u	ō	all	back
ō	ō	stressed	back
ō	ъ	unstressed	back
ī, ȳ	i	all	front
ū	u	all	back

Loans from Proto-Slavic

Proto-Slavic to Proto-Sabian
entry	result	condition (I/A)	category
z	s	all	devoicing
ž	d͡z	all	affricatisation
ť, ď	t͡s, d͡z	all	affricatisation
x	s	all

Proto-Sabian to Old-Sabian: 700 AD - 1300 AD

Nasal, Approximant, and Liquid Diphthongs

Proto-Sabian to Old-Sabian
entry	result	condition (I/A)	category
am, an	ję	initial, closed syllables	front
am, an	ǫ	else, closed syllables	back
em, en, im, in	ję	initial, closed syllables	front
em, en, im, in	ę	else, closed syllables	front
om, on, um, un, ǫ	vę	initial, closed syllables	front
om, on, um, un, ǫ	ǫ	else, closed syllables	back
au	u	word initially, finally	back
au	av	word internally	back
ai, aji	ě	all	front
ei, eji, iji, ьji	ji	all	front
ua, uě, ue, uę	va, vě ve vę	all	back, front
uo, uu	u	all	back
ui	y	all	back
or, ol	ra, la	all, closed syllables	back
er, el, ěr, ěl	re, le, rě, lě	all, closed syllables	front
ur, ul, ir, il	vr̩, vl̩, vr̩, vl̩'	initial, closed syllables	back
ur, ul, ir, il	r̩, l̩, r̩, l̩'	else, closed syllables	back

Vowels

Proto-Sabian to Old-Sabian
entry	result	condition (I/A)	category
jō, jo	je	all	front
ō	u	all	back
a	jě	after j, stressed-initial	front
a	o	closed-stressed, all-unstressed, ! final	back
ъ	vъ	initially	back
ъ	ь	after j	front
e, ě, i, ь	je, jě, ji, jь	initially	front
e, ě, i, ь	e, ě, i, ь	palatalises prev. consonant	front

Consonants and Clusters

Proto-Sabian to Old-Sabian
entry	result	condition (I/A)
k, g	t͡s, d͡z	before front vowels and/or j
tj, dj	t͡s, d͡z	all
mj, pj, bj, fj, vj	ml, pl, bl, fl, vl	before vowels
mj, pj, bj, fj, vj	m, p, b, f, v	else
sj zj	ʃ ʒ	all
sp st sk	ʃp ʃt ʃk	before back vowels and syllabics
s	z	intervocalically
x, cs, ps, bs, ss, rs	s	all
mn(j), nьm, mьn	n(j), nj	all, ! final
l	r	intervocalically
pt, bt, kt	t, t, c'	all

Old-Sabian to Early-Modern-Sabian: 1300 AD - 1700 AD

Nasal, Approximant, and Liquid Diphthongs

Old-Sabian to Early-Modern-Sabian
entry	result	condition (I/A)	category
a	ja	initial	back
ь	je	strong	front
ь	j	final, weak	front
ь	Ø	else	null
ъ	e	strong	unpalatalised front
ъ	Ø	else	null
ь	Ø	else	null
ь	Ø	else	null
ь	Ø	else	null
ь	Ø	else	null
r̩	ar	all	back
ŕ̩	ar	before hard alveolars	back
ŕ̩	ie	before hard alveolars	back
l̩
ĺ̩
r̩