Reardish: Difference between revisions

|pronunciation= {{IPA|reo̯ð.ðis.ko}}

'''Reardish''' ([[w:endonym|Autonym]]: ''Reoþþisco''; <small>Reardish: [[w:ipa chart|[reo̯ð.ðis.ko]]]</small>) is a [[w:Germanic language|Germanic language]]. It is spoken throughout Britain, but its speaking population is mostly centered around southern to middle England. It is a descendant of Proto-Germanic, though it developed alongside Old English, leading to its divergence from Proto-Germanic.

Reardish, having developed alongside Old English, experienced many of the sound changes that affected Old English, though it alsk lacks several of the sound changes that would qualify it for a closer classification to Old English, it cannot even be labeled [[w:West Germanic|West Germanic]] due it lacking some of the distinctive sound changes of the family. As such, it must be classed in its own branch, this is typically referred to as the "Reardic" branch. However, it is unclear whether it should even be classified as such since the early form is, in large part, still intelligible to the modern language, thus leading most linguists to simply place Reardish as a divergent descendant of Proto-Germanic and give it no specific familial classification.