User:Chrysophylax/Phonology: Difference between revisions

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#The short vowel system inherited from Late Indo-European remained surprisingly stable with only a raising of IE ''*o'' to u and a diphthongisation of IE ''*e'' in some phonological contexts.
#The short vowel system inherited from Late Indo-European remained surprisingly stable with only a raising of IE ''*o'' to u and a diphthongisation of IE ''*e'' in some phonological contexts.
##IE ''*a'' was preserved as ''a''
##IE ''*a'' was preserved as ''a''
##IE ''*o'' was preserved as ''o'' except between a resonant and a labial where it was raised to ''u''.
##IE ''*o'' was preserved as ''o'' except R_Cʷ where it was raised to ''u''.
##:''bori'' ‘hill’ < IE ''*gʷor̥''
##:''bori'' ‘hill’ < IE ''*gʷor̥''
##:''nyps'' ‘night’ < EPH ''*núpts'' < IE ''*nókʷts''
##:''nyps'' ‘night’ < EPH ''*núpts'' < IE ''*nókʷts''
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##:''limpimos'' ‘we allow’ < EPH ''*linpimós'' < IE ''*linkʷm̥ós''
##:''limpimos'' ‘we allow’ < EPH ''*linpimós'' < IE ''*linkʷm̥ós''
##IE ''*u'' was preserved as ''u''
##IE ''*u'' was preserved as ''u''
====Long vowels====
====Long vowels====