Húsnorsk: Difference between revisions

(5 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)

Line 29:

==History==

===Development===

Húsnorsk's phonological history is, for the most part, deeply understood. The development of certain consonants and vowels isn't fully understood, such as the mechanism behind Old Norse "ár" to Húsnorsk "aą", and Old Norse initial /x/ to Húsnorsk /k/, the latter of which is extremely poorly understood as it's not known what caused it nor where it happens.

The following are the reconstructed phonological and grammatical changes between Old West Norse and Húsnorsk. Grammatical changes will be indented.

:(IRL note - Do keep in mind these are prone to change as I develop Húsnorsk more)

/ar/ to /r̩/, the mechnism behind "ár" > "aą" is currently unknown, but it may have occurred out of analogy.

/xʷ/ to /x/, the lost labialization affects the vowel, rounding or raising vowels.

:Masculine a-stems reformed to all end in -r regardless of final consonant

/r̩/ to /ɐ/ (see rule #1 for "ár")

/Vl/ to /Vu̯/, but /Vl:/ to /Vu̯d/ (where /V/ is any vowel, /ul/ to /uː/)

/mb, nd, ŋg/ to /m:, n:, g:/

:Dual pronouns lost? (The timing is uncertain, but it happened relatively early on)

/rn, rm/ to /tn, pm/

/v/ to /b/ before approximants (/f/ didn't exist in such positions)

/l̩/ to /ul/, spelling doesn't change though

coda geminates to /ʰC/ when voiceless, to a fricative when voiced, and nasals to /PN/ (/n:/ > /tn/)

Diphthong flattening: /au, ɛu, eu, iu, øu, yu, ɔu, ou/ /ɔː, øː, øː, yː, yː, yː, oː, uː/

/fp, vb/ to /pː, bː/

/θ, ð/ to /t, d/

:Genitive singular leveled to -s, words in -s now have a genitive in -ss

:Dative singular leveled to -i, thus words like "ríki" have a dative "ríkí"

/sː/ to /ts/ when occupying coda only

Word initial /x/ occasionaly strengthens to /k/ when not in a cluster (Unknown why this is inconsistent, though it seems to happen more, but not exclusively, before long vowels)

/ɣ/ to /g/

/rː/ to /ʒ/

Devoicing of stops in contact with /s/

==Phonology==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

Line 87:

Line 134:

#/v/ is /ʋ/ following a consonant (eg. /Cv/ = /Cʋ/), and for some speakers, word initially. /v/ is also occasionally realized as /u̯/ between a vowel and consonant (eg. /VvC/ > [Vu̯C], as in "javn" being [jau̯n] for some speakers).

#Can technically be analyzed as an allophone of /rː/, it's listed as a separate phoneme here because it's a universal change.

#Realized as /t, p/ before /n, m/ (as in "ormą" /opmɐ/)

#Realized as /t, p/ before /n, m/ (as in "ormą" /opmɐ/). Additionally, /rs/ may be realized as [t͡s].

#All stops have different values when geminated in coda position (Meaning when the geminate isn't split across syllables), they are:

:::Nasals: "mm, nn" /pm, tn/

@@ Line 29: / Line 29: @@
 ==History==
+===Development===
+Húsnorsk's phonological history is, for the most part, deeply understood. The development of certain consonants and vowels isn't fully understood, such as the mechanism behind Old Norse "ár" to Húsnorsk "aą", and Old Norse initial /x/ to Húsnorsk /k/, the latter of which is extremely poorly understood as it's not known what caused it nor where it happens.
+The following are the reconstructed phonological and grammatical changes between Old West Norse and Húsnorsk. Grammatical changes will be indented.
+:(IRL note - Do keep in mind these are prone to change as I develop Húsnorsk more)
+/ar/ to /r̩/, the mechnism behind "ár" > "aą" is currently unknown, but it may have occurred out of analogy.
+/xʷ/ to /x/, the lost labialization affects the vowel, rounding or raising vowels.
+:Masculine a-stems reformed to all end in -r regardless of final consonant
+/r̩/ to /ɐ/ (see rule #1 for "ár")
+/Vl/ to /Vu̯/, but /Vl:/ to /Vu̯d/ (where /V/ is any vowel, /ul/ to /uː/)
+/mb, nd, ŋg/ to /m:, n:, g:/
+:Dual pronouns lost? (The timing is uncertain, but it happened relatively early on)
+/rn, rm/ to /tn, pm/
+/v/ to /b/ before approximants (/f/ didn't exist in such positions)
+/l̩/ to /ul/, spelling doesn't change though
+coda geminates to /ʰC/ when voiceless, to a fricative when voiced, and nasals to /PN/ (/n:/ > /tn/)
+Diphthong flattening: /au, ɛu, eu, iu, øu, yu, ɔu, ou/ /ɔː, øː, øː, yː, yː, yː, oː, uː/
+/fp, vb/ to /pː, bː/
+/θ, ð/ to /t, d/
+:Genitive singular leveled to -s, words in -s now have a genitive in -ss
+:Dative singular leveled to -i, thus words like "ríki" have a dative "ríkí"
+/sː/ to /ts/ when occupying coda only
+Word initial /x/ occasionaly strengthens to /k/ when not in a cluster (Unknown why this is inconsistent, though it seems to happen more, but not exclusively, before long vowels)
+/ɣ/ to /g/
+/rː/ to /ʒ/
+Devoicing of stops in contact with /s/
 ==Phonology==
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
@@ Line 87: / Line 134: @@
 #/v/ is /ʋ/ following a consonant (eg. /Cv/ = /Cʋ/), and for some speakers, word initially. /v/ is also occasionally realized as /u̯/ between a vowel and consonant (eg. /VvC/ > [Vu̯C], as in "javn" being [jau̯n] for some speakers).
 #Can technically be analyzed as an allophone of /rː/, it's listed as a separate phoneme here because it's a universal change.
-#Realized as /t, p/ before /n, m/ (as in "ormą" /opmɐ/)
+#Realized as /t, p/ before /n, m/ (as in "ormą" /opmɐ/). Additionally, /rs/ may be realized as [t͡s].
 #All stops have different values when geminated in coda position (Meaning when the geminate isn't split across syllables),  they are:
 :::Nasals: "mm, nn" /pm, tn/