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===Phonology=== | ===Phonology=== | ||
A sequence of a plain consonant followed by a front vowel is realised with a velar offglide inserted (or a labiovelar offglide after labial consonants): | |||
*dächs /deːxs/ [dɰeːxs] | |||
*kyna /ˈkɨːna/ [ˈkɰɨːna] | |||
*bärs /beɾs/ [bweɾs] | |||
*ęfynund /ɪ̃ˈfwɨːnən/ [ɪ̃ˈfwɨːnən] | |||
This is not phonemic and thus not indicated in most IPA transcriptions. | |||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
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====Development of nasal vowels==== | ====Development of nasal vowels==== | ||
Wherever a nasal consonant occurred word-finally or before a spirant in Post-Gothic, it disappeared in favour of nasalisation of the previous vowel. The length of the vowel was not affected: | Wherever a nasal consonant occurred word-finally or before a spirant in Post-Gothic, it disappeared in favour of nasalisation of the previous vowel. The length of the vowel was not affected, or else any change in vowel length happened too late to affect umlaut patterns and were ultimately rendered irrelevant by syllable weight neutralisation: | ||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌼#Gothic|dagam]]'' → Post-Got. ''daχam'' → ''dachą'' | *Got. ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌼#Gothic|dagam]]'' → Post-Got. ''daχam'' → ''dachą'' | ||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌿𐌽𐍃#Gothic|uns]]'' → ''ųs'' | *Got. ''[[wikt:𐌿𐌽𐍃#Gothic|uns]]'' → ''ųs'' | ||
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Nasals that formed the end of a root, as in ''[[wikt:𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃#Gothic|háims]]'' and ''[[wikt:𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽#Gothic|aljan]]'' were either not lost or more likely restored by analogy with forms with inflectional endings; the Niemish descendants of these words are ''[[Contionary:ham|ham]]'' and ''[[Contionary:älin|älin]]''. | Nasals that formed the end of a root, as in ''[[wikt:𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃#Gothic|háims]]'' and ''[[wikt:𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽#Gothic|aljan]]'' were either not lost or more likely restored by analogy with forms with inflectional endings; the Niemish descendants of these words are ''[[Contionary:ham|ham]]'' and ''[[Contionary:älin|älin]]''. | ||
Nasal vowels followed by a fricative in unstressed syllables lost their nasalisation: | Nasal vowels followed by a fricative in unstressed final syllables lost their nasalisation: | ||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉𐌽𐍃#Gothic|tug̃gōns]]'' → Post-Got. ''tug̃gūns'' → ''tungą̄s'' → ''tungas'' | *Got. ''[[wikt:𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉𐌽𐍃#Gothic|tug̃gōns]]'' → Post-Got. ''tug̃gūns'' → ''tungą̄s'' → ''tungas'' | ||
*Got. ''[[wikt:𐌹𐌽#Gothic|in]]'' → ''į'' → ''i'' (although note ''in'' before words beginning with a vowel) | |||
====S-palatalisation==== | ====S-palatalisation==== | ||