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[[Middle Valthungian]] represents a period in the development of [[Valthungian]] lasting from around 1200‒1600 a.d. marked mainly by palatalization of a great many consonants as well as some minor reduction to unstressed vowels. Though this is a range which experienced many changes, the most representative example of “Middle Valthungian” is the language as captured by the suddenly-prolific Valthungian writers at the beginning of the Renaissance, circa 1450‒1500 a.d. | [[Middle Valthungian]] represents a period in the development of [[Valthungian]] lasting from around 1200‒1600 a.d. marked mainly by palatalization of a great many consonants as well as some minor reduction to unstressed vowels. Though this is a range which experienced many changes, the most representative example of “Middle Valthungian” is the language as captured by the suddenly-prolific Valthungian writers at the beginning of the Renaissance, circa 1450‒1500 a.d. | ||
==Major Changes from Old Valthungian Middle Valthungian== | |||
===Defenestration of Greek Fricatives=== | |||
===Vowel Tensing=== | |||
===Rhotacism Fail=== | |||
===Elimination of Non-Word-Initial /h/=== | |||
====Deletion of Interconsonantal /h/==== | |||
====Changes of /h/ to /θ/==== | |||
====Changes of /h/ to /f/==== | |||
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====Compensatory Lengthening==== | |||
====Further Changes of /h/ to /θ/==== | |||
===Assimilation of /s/ in Consonant Clusters=== | |||
===Palatalization=== | |||
====Palatalization of /sk/ after Front Vowels==== | |||
====Change of /hj/ to /šj/==== | |||
====Palatalization of Non-Labial Stop Consonants before /j/==== | |||
===Vowel Reduction=== |