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== Evolution of Skylandic == | == Evolution of Skylandic == | ||
As unfortunate as it may seem, the ELRT hasn't found any sufficient amount of surviving records yet of the language's early and middle stages. But they did made an end-to-end evolutionary list of the language starting from Proto-Germanic (PGmc) or sometimes Proto-West Germanic ( | As unfortunate as it may seem, the ELRT hasn't found any sufficient amount of surviving records yet of the language's early and middle stages. But they did made an end-to-end evolutionary list of the language starting from Proto-Germanic (PGmc) or sometimes Proto-West Germanic (PWG). All thanks to help of the Great Sage. The sound changes are shown below, in no particular order. | ||
● *sp, *st, *sk → /ep et ek/. *sk becomes ⟨ch⟩ before ⟨e, i, y⟩. But can also happen randomly with other vowels. <br> | ● *sp, *st, *sk → /ep et ek/. *sk becomes ⟨ch⟩ before ⟨e, i, y⟩. But can also happen randomly with other vowels. <br> | ||
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PGmc *þauh → Skylandic "dauch" (''infirmative'' yes) <br> <br> | PGmc *þauh → Skylandic "dauch" (''infirmative'' yes) <br> <br> | ||
● Word-initial *x → Ø (Elision). <br> | ● Word-initial *x → Ø (Elision). <br> | ||
PWG *hauh → Skylandic "hauch" (high) <br> <br> | |||
● VxC → ViC <br> | ● VxC → ViC <br> | ||
PGmc *nahts → Skylandic "Nait" (night) <br><br> | PGmc *nahts → Skylandic "Nait" (night) <br><br> | ||
● *iu, eu, ew → /ø/<br> | ● *iu, eu, ew → /ø/<br> | ||
PGmc *beudaz → Skylandic "Beute" (table).<br> | PGmc *beudaz → Skylandic "Beute" (table).<br> | ||
- Sometimes, this can arise from *au being fronted by a succeeding *i(j). | - Sometimes, this can arise from *au being fronted by a succeeding *i(j). <br> <br> | ||
● *w → /v/ or /ɡ/ | ● *w → /v/ or /ɡ/<br> | ||
PGmc *aiwaz → Skylandic "Aive" (eternity)<br> | |||
PGmc *werþaną → Skylandic **guerdre** (to become) <br> <br> | |||
● *b → /v/, after and/or between vowels only. <br> | |||
PGmc *bilibjaną → Skylandic "bleivre" (to stay) <br> | |||
PGmc *ab → Skylandic "av-"<br><br> | |||
● *dj, dij, g → <y> /j/, sometimes <i><br> | |||
PGmc *hūdijaną → Skylandic "huyen" (to hide) <br> | |||
PGmc *dagaz → Skylandic "Daie" (day)<br> | |||
PGmc *maganą → Skylandic "mayen" (would like, to want) <br><br> | |||
● *Vmb → Ṽʑ. <br> | |||
PWGmc *climbana → Skylandic "clingen" (to climb) <br> <br> | |||
● *-Vng → /Ṽʑ/ <-Vnge>. <br> | |||
PWG *sangu → Skylandic "Sange" (song) <br> <br> | |||
● *z → /ʁ/ <br> | |||
PGmc *hauzjana → Skylandic "heuren" (to hear, listen) <br> <br> | |||
● *r /r/ → /ʁ/ <br> | |||
PGmc *rinnaną → Skylandic "rinnen" (to run) <br> <br> | |||
● *j → /ʑ/ <br> | |||
PGmc *jainaz → Skylandic "jain" (that) <br> <br> | |||
● *þ → /d/ <br> | |||
PGmc *frawiþaz → Skylandic "Freude" (joy) <br> <br> | |||
● *u, *ū → /y u/. Sometimes, if *ū is followed by *d(i)j, it becomes /ɥi(j)/. <br> | |||
PGmc *kunnaną → Skylandic "cunir" (can, to be able) <br> | |||
PGmc *brūkan → Skylandic "brouchen" (to need) <br> <br> | |||
● *þ → /d/ <br> | |||
PGmc *frawiþaz → Skylandic "Freude" (joy) <br> <br> | |||
● *ei, oi → /wa/.Sometimes, this can stem from *-egi- where the *-g- is elided. <br> | |||
PGmc *legijaz → Skylandic "loir" (joy) <br> <br> | |||
● *Vn, Vm → /Ṽ/. The same SC as French except with *um, *un becoming /ʏ̃/. <br> | |||
PGmc *landą → Skylandic "Lant" [lɑ̃] (land) <br> | |||
PGmc *umbi → Skylandic "unge" [ʏ̃ʑ] (around) <br> <br> | |||
● Intervocalic *g → /ʑ/. Sometimes, it fortizes into /g/. <br> | |||
PGmc *hlōgijaną → Skylandic "leugen" [løʑɑ̃] (to laugh) <br> <br> | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||