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===AW inventory=== | ===AW inventory=== | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
Ancient Wiebian: | |||
ɪ iː ʏ yː ʊ uː | ɪ iː ʏ yː ʊ uː | ||
ɛ eː œ øː ɔ oː | ɛ eː œ øː ɔ oː | ||
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aʊɐ aɪɐ ɔʏɐ | aʊɐ aɪɐ ɔʏɐ | ||
ə | ə | ||
AW > Pre-MW: | |||
ɪɐ iːɐ > iɐ, ʏɐ yːɐ > yɐ, ʊɐ uːɐ > uɐ, aɐ a:ɐ > aɐ | ɪɐ iːɐ > iɐ, ʏɐ yːɐ > yɐ, ʊɐ uːɐ > uɐ, aɐ a:ɐ > aɐ | ||
ai > əi / _(voiceless) (after AV) | ai > əi / _(voiceless) (after AV) | ||
au > | au > əʊ / _(voiceless) (I'm canadian raising au) | ||
a aː > æ æː | a aː > æ æː | ||
l > ʟ / V[+stress]_ | l > ʟ / V[+stress]_ | ||
əl > ʊ in unstressed syllables | əl > ʊ in unstressed syllables | ||
i don't have some of these diphthongs yet/anymore | |||
a-umlaut | |||
e i o u ø y > æ e ɑ o æ ø | e i o u ø y > æ e ɑ o æ ø | ||
ee ii oo øø uu yy > ja je wa ɥa wo ɥø | ee ii oo øø uu yy > ja je wa ɥa wo ɥø | ||
u-umlaut | |||
a e i > o ø y | a e i > o ø y | ||
aa ee ii > oo øø yy | |||
now, r-rimes go haywire | |||
actually | |||
before that there's the GVS (only after unphar'd C) | |||
ææ > ee | |||
ee > ii | |||
ii > ai | |||
oo > uu | |||
øø > yy | |||
uu > au | |||
yy > oy | |||
that's too much "ai"'s | |||
something should happen before that | |||
maybe | |||
ai > ee | |||
aw > ɑɑ | |||
ay > øø | |||
aw->oo? | |||
perhaps | |||
ai > ee | |||
aw > oo | |||
ay > øø | |||
then, r-rimes gone mad | |||
iɐ̯ eɐ̯ > jia | |||
ɛɐ̯ > jaa | |||
uɐ̯ oɐ̯ > wua | |||
ɔɐ̯ > waa | |||
yɐ̯ > ɥya | |||
øɐ̯ > ɥaa | |||
aɐ̯ > aa | |||
ɥya? | |||
perhaps | |||
iɐ̯ eɐ̯ > ja | |||
ɛɐ̯ > jaa | |||
uɐ̯ oɐ̯ > wa | |||
ɔɐ̯ > waa | |||
yɐ̯ > ɥa | |||
øɐ̯ > ɥaa | |||
aɐ̯ > aa | |||
actually | |||
i think ɥya is ok | |||
it's just the front counterpart of wua | |||
ˁe > ˁæ | ˁe > ˁæ | ||
ˁi > ˁe | ˁi > ˁe | ||
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ˁaa > ˁɑɑ | ˁaa > ˁɑɑ | ||
ˁee > | ˁee > ˁai | ||
ˁoo > | ˁoo > ˁau | ||
ˁii > | ˁii > ˁei | ||
ˁuu > | ˁuu > ˁou | ||
ˁyy > ˁøy | ˁyy > ˁøy | ||
ˁai > ˁai | |||
ˁau > ˁau | |||
ˁɔy > ˁay | ˁɔy > ˁay | ||
ˁVɐ̯ > | ˁVɐ̯ > ˁəa (if V != a) | ||
ˁaɐ̯ > ˁaa | |||
then, tone split eliminates pharyngealization | |||
a | |||
and no great vowel shift | |||
yes | |||
This yields the following inventory in Late Middle Wiebian: | |||
æ e i ɑ o ø u y | |||
ja je wa ɥa wo ɥø | |||
ɑɑ aa ee ii oo øø yy | |||
ai au ay ei ou øy | |||
jia jaa wua waa ɥya ɥaa əa əaa | |||
actually i don't think i need əaa | |||
əaa comes from the same conditions that would yield jaa, waa, yaa | |||
əaa > aa | |||
æ e i ɑ o ø u y | |||
ja je wa ɥa wo ɥø | |||
ɑɑ aa ee ii oo øø yy | |||
ai au ay ei ou øy | |||
jia jaa wua waa ɥya ɥaa əa | |||
i think I have uu actually | |||
oo > uu from the GVS | |||
æ e i ɑ o ø u y | |||
ja je wa ɥa wo ɥø | |||
ɑɑ aa ee ii oo øø uu yy | |||
ai au ay ei ou øy | |||
jia jaa wua waa ɥya ɥaa əa | |||
no ææ? | |||
ææ shifted to ee | |||
aa is kinda the long counterpart of æ | |||
ɑ æ e i o ø u y | |||
ja je wa ɥa wo ɥø | |||
ɑɑ ææ ee ii oo øø uu yy | |||
ai au ay ei ou øy | |||
jia jaa wua waa ɥya ɥaa əa | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
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