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This page covers the potential evolution of a Polish-Carpathian 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
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
|
ʃt͡ʃ, 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
|
| ī
|
raises prev. vowel
|
all
|
N/A
|
| V
|
V:
|
stressed
|
N/A
|
| V:
|
V
|
unstressed
|
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, ! intervocalic
|
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
|
je, jě, ji, jь
|
after all consonants
|
front
|
Consonants and Clusters
| Proto-Sabian to Old-Sabian
|
| entry
|
result
|
condition (I/A)
|
| 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, t͡s
|
all
|
| reduplicated syllabes
|
collapse, lengthen vowel
|
all
|
Old-Sabian to Early-Modern-Sabian: 1300 AD - 1600 AD
Vowels
| Old-Sabian to Early-Modern-Sabian
|
| entry
|
result
|
condition (I/A)
|
category
|
| a
|
ja
|
initial
|
back
|
| jь
|
i
|
strong, ! initially
|
front
|
| jь
|
Ø
|
weak
|
null
|
| ь
|
je
|
strong
|
front
|
| ь
|
j
|
final, weak
|
front
|
| ь
|
Ø
|
else
|
null
|
| ъ
|
ë
|
strong
|
front
|
| ъ
|
Ø
|
else, compulsary lengthening of prev vowel
|
null
|
| r̩
|
ar
|
all
|
back
|
| ŕ̩
|
ar
|
before hard alveolars
|
back
|
| ŕ̩
|
jeʂ
|
else
|
back
|
| l̩
|
oɫ
|
after labials
|
back
|
| l̩, ĺ̩
|
ɫu
|
after alveolars
|
back
|
| l̩
|
eɫ
|
after velars
|
front
|
| ĺ̩
|
jeɫ
|
after labials, before alveolars
|
front
|
| ĺ̩
|
jiɫ
|
after labials, else
|
front
|
| ĺ̩
|
joɫ
|
after velars, postalveolars
|
back
|
| ę
|
Ø
|
word finally
|
null
|
| ji
|
i
|
word initially, after vowels
|
null
|
| ě
|
a
|
all
|
back
|
Consonants and Clusters
| Old-Sabian to Early-Modern-Sabian
|
| entry
|
result
|
condition (I/A)
|
| lj
|
ʎ
|
all
|
| rj
|
ʂ
|
all
|
| kj, gj
|
t͡s, d͡z
|
before front vowels and/or j
|
| tj, dj
|
t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ
|
all
|
| sj zj
|
ɕ ʑ
|
all
|
| sʂ
|
ʂ
|
all
|
| nj
|
ɲ
|
all
|
Early-Modern-Sabian to Modern-Sabian: 1600 AD - ~2000 AD
Vowels
| Old-Sabian to Early-Modern-Sabian
|
| entry
|
result
|
condition (I/A)
|
category
|
| e
|
o
|
before hard alveolars
|
back
|
| ę, ę:
|
e
|
all
|
front
|
| ǫ:
|
u
|
all
|
back
|
| ǫ
|
e
|
all
|
front
|
| y
|
i
|
all
|
front
|
| ë
|
e
|
all
|
front
|
Consonants and Clusters
| Early-Modern-Sabian to Modern-Sabian
|
| entry
|
result
|
condition (I/A)
|
| nasals
|
assimilate
|
all
|
| C(voiced)C(voiceless)
|
C(voiceless)C(voiceless)
|
all
|
| C(voiceless)C(voiced)
|
C(voiceless)C(voiced)
|
all
|
| C(voiced)
|
C(voiceless)
|
word finally
|
| C(regular)C(palatal)
|
C(palatal)C(palatal)
|
all
|
| clusters
|
simplify
|
sporadically
|
| kv, gv
|
sf
|
all
|
| (affricate)S
|
(fricative)S
|
all
|
| l, ɫ, v
|
w
|
coda
|