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(Created page with "==History of Sound Changes== ===Sound changes from Proto-Germanic to Proto-NEEDANAME=== {| class="wikitable" |- |'''/ɛː/ opens to /æː/''' * This has the effect of frontin...") |
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===Proto-NEEDNAME to NEEDNAME#1=== | ===Proto-NEEDNAME to Old NEEDNAME#1=== | ||
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|'''/ɛ/ and /ɔː/ merge are raised''' to /e/ and /oː/ | |||
* In more detail, they and /e/ and /o/ meet midway. | |||
|- | |||
|'''Vowels rearrange''' to a 10 vowel system in open syllables, and a 5 vowel system in closed syllables. | |||
* In open syllables: /a, e, o, i, u, aː, eː, oː, iː, uː/ | |||
* In closed syllables: /a, e, o, i, u/ | |||
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===Proto-NEEDNAME to NEEDNAME#2=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
|'''Vowels rearrange''' to an 8 vowel system eliminating length distinction. | |||
* /i, iː/ and /u, uː/ merge. | |||
* /ä/ becomes /æ/, and /äː/ becomes /ɑ/ | |||
|- | |||
|'''The 3-Umlauts rearrange the vowel system''' | |||
|- | |||
|'''i-umlaut affects /æ/, /ɑ/, /ɔ/, /o/, /u/''' | |||
* /æ/ > /ɛ/ | |||
* /ɑ/ > /æ/ | |||
* /ɔ/ > /œ/ | |||
* /o/ > /ø/ | |||
* /u/ > /y/ | |||
|- | |||
|'''a-umlaut affects /ɛ/, /e/, /u/''' | |||
* /ɛ, e/ > /ɛi/ | |||
* /u/ > /ɔu/ | |||
|- | |||
|'''u-umlaut affects /ɑ/, /æ/, /ɛ/, /e/, /i/''' | |||
* /æ/ > /ä/ | |||
* /ɑ/ > /ɔ/ | |||
* /ɛ/ > /œ/ | |||
* /e/ > /ø/ | |||
* /i/ > /y/ | |||
|- | |||
| '''/i/ and /u/ diphthongise''' in open syllables | |||
* /i/ > /əi/ > /ɛi/ | |||
* /u/ > /əu/ > /ɔu/ | |||
|- | |||
| '''/e/ and /o/ close''' in open syllables | |||
* /e/ > /i/ | |||
* /o/ > u/ | |||
|- | |||
| '''/e/ and /ɛ/, and /o/ and /ɔ/ merge''' in closed syllables | |||
* /e, ɛ/ > /e/ | |||
* /o, ɔ/ > /o/ | |||
|- | |||
| '''/ɑ/ rounds''' triggering a slight raising in /ɔ/ | |||
|- | |||
| '''All front rounded vowels become centralised''' | |||
* /œ, ø/ > /ə/ | |||
:* The distinction between these two is preserved in some dialects. | |||
* /y/ > /ü/ | |||
|} | |||
NEEDNAME#2 Vowel inventory: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! !! Front !! Central !! Back | |||
|- | |||
! Closed | |||
| i || ü || u | |||
|- | |||
! Mid | |||
| e || ə || o | |||
|- | |||
! Open | |||
| æ~ɛ || ä || ɒ~ɔ | |||
|} | |||
Diphthongs: | |||
* /ɛi/ | |||
* /ɔu/ | |||
====Umlauting==== | ====Umlauting==== | ||
=====A-Umlaut===== | =====A-Umlaut===== | ||