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=== Vowels === | === Vowels === | ||
PIr ā | PIr ā a -> a ə | ||
orV, arV -> arV, erV -> aV eV | |||
Todo: lots of conditional vowel shifts | Todo: lots of conditional vowel shifts | ||
Vowel dissimilation? Because assimilation's boring | Vowel dissimilation? Because assimilation's boring | ||
== Family tree == | == Family tree == | ||
* Erno-Kawenic | * Erno-Kawenic | ||
Revision as of 07:44, 16 June 2025
Diachronics
Consonants
- p' -> PEK mˁ
- t' -> PEK tˁ
- k' -> PEK q
- PIr l -> PEK ć
- PIr y/g/hiatus breaker -> PEK y
- PIr k -> PEK ç
- PIr ng, r -> PEK 0
- PIr s -> PEK χ
- PIr b/w -> PEK β
- PIr d -> ð (r in retroflexing environments)
- final nasal -> ŋ
- Non-final nasals stay put (n in PIr /rVn/ retroflexes)
- p, t stay put (t in PIr /rVt/ retroflexes)
Vowels
PIr ā a -> a ə
orV, arV -> arV, erV -> aV eV
Todo: lots of conditional vowel shifts
Vowel dissimilation? Because assimilation's boring
Family tree
Phonology
Consonants
m mˁ n ɳ ɲ ŋ
p t tˁ ʈ tɕ q
ʂ ç χ
β ð r j
Vowels
i e a o u + a: + Lots of diphthongs
Coloring effects