Naeng/Diachronics: Difference between revisions
m IlL moved page Windermere/Diachronics to Naeng/Diachronics without leaving a redirect: The language should be called Naeng |
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*breathy vowel + p t k > breathy vowel + b d g | *breathy vowel + p t k > breathy vowel + b d g | ||
*some vowels drop, creating consonant clusters | *some vowels drop, creating consonant clusters | ||
*Behavior of laryngeals | |||
**f was something unvoiced like /φ/ so the breathiness should move to the right in Windermere and yield a breathy vowel on the last syllable? | |||
**H was something breathy and murmured voice so it affects a vowel directly adjacent to it, either to the left or right | |||
**X becomes h, word-finally /x/ | |||
*Get final /b d g/ -- Georgian-ish consonant clusters? | *Get final /b d g/ -- Georgian-ish consonant clusters? | ||
**Pre-Grimm's law ''*pnürd'' > Pre-Windermere ''*pnürð'' > ''fnüd'' 'day' | **Pre-Grimm's law ''*pnürd'' > Pre-Windermere ''*pnürð'' > ''fnüd'' 'day' | ||
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*ck kc cp pc sc ts > sc sc sp sp st st | *ck kc cp pc sc ts > sc sc sp sp st st | ||
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==Etymologies== | ==Etymologies== | ||
* *mpuʔ > Wdm. bü 'baby' | * *mpuʔ > Wdm. bü 'baby' | ||