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== Old Carnian Period ==
== Old Carnian Period ==
The Old Carnian period witnessed fundamental phonological restructuring that established the foundation of the modern language. External influences together with internal innovations produced the characteristic features that distinguish contemporary Carnian.
The Old Carnian period witnessed fundamental phonological restructuring that established the foundation of the modern language. External influences together with internal innovations produced the characteristic features that distinguish contemporary Carnian.
The early stage of Old Carnian had the following vowels:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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|+ '''Vowel phonemes of the early Old Carnian'''
|-
!rowspan="2"|
!colspan="3"|[[w:Front vowel|Front]]
!colspan="2"|[[w:Central vowel|Central]]
!colspan="3"|[[w:Back vowel|Back]]
|-
!<small>short</small>
!<small>long</small>
!<small>nasal</small>
!<small>short</small>
!<small>long</small>
!<small>short</small>
!<small>long</small>
!<small>nasal</small>
|-
![[w:Close vowel|Close]]
|[[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]]
|[[w:Close front unrounded vowel|iː]]
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|[[w:Close-mid central unrounded vowel|ɘ]]
|[[w:Close-mid central unrounded vowel|ɘː]]
|[[w:Close back rounded vowel|u]]
|[[w:Close back rounded vowel|uː]]
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|-
![[w:Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]]
|[[w:Close-mid front unrounded vowel|e]]
|
|
|rowspan="2"|[[w:Mid central vowel|ə]]
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|
|
|
|-
![[w:Open-mid vowel|Open-mid]]
|[[w:Open-mid front unrounded vowel|ɛ]]
|[[w:Open-mid front unrounded vowel|ɛː]]
|[[w:Open-mid front unrounded vowel|ɛ̃]]
|
|rowspan="2"|[[w:Open-mid back rounded vowel|ɔ]]
|rowspan="2"|[[w:Open-mid back rounded vowel|ɔː]]
|rowspan="2"|[[w:Open-mid back unrounded vowel|ʌ̃]]
|-
![[w:Open vowel|Open]]
|[[w:Near-open front unrounded vowel|æ]]
|[[w:Near-open front unrounded vowel|æː]]
|
|[[w:Open central unrounded vowel|a]]
|[[w:Open central unrounded vowel|aː]]
|-
![[w:Diphthong|Diphthong]]
|colspan="8"|ɪi̯
|}
The language also had the following consonants:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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|+ Consonant phonemes of the early Old Carnian
! colspan=2|
! [[w:Labial consonant|Labial]]
! [[w:Dental consonant|Dental]] / <br />[[w:Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! [[w:Postalveolar consonant|Postalveolar]]
! [[w:Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! [[w:Dorsal consonant|Dorsal]]
|-
|-
!colspan=2| [[w:Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| [[w:Voiced bilabial nasal|m]]
| [[w:Voiced dental, alveolar and postalveolar nasals|n]]
|
| [[w:Voiced dental, alveolar and postalveolar nasals|nʲ]]
|
|-
!rowspan=2| [[w:Stop consonant|Plosive]]
! {{small|[[w:voicelessness|voiceless]]}}
| [[w:Voiceless bilabial plosive|p]]
| [[w:Voiceless dental plosive|t]]
|
| [[w:Voiceless dental plosive|tʲ]]
| [[w:Voiceless velar plosive|k]]
|-
! {{small|[[w:voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}
| [[w:Voiced bilabial plosive|b]]
| [[w:Voiced dental plosive|d]]
|
| [[w:Voiced dental plosive|dʲ]]
| [[w:Voiced velar plosive|ɡ]]
|-
!rowspan=2| [[w:Affricate|Affricate]]
! {{small|[[w:voicelessness|voiceless]]}}
|
|
| [[w:Voiceless postalveolar affricate|tʃ]]
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|
|-
! {{small|[[w:voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}
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| [[w:Voiced postalveolar affricate|dʒ]]
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|-
!rowspan=2| [[w:Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
! {{small|[[w:voicelessness|voiceless]]}}
|
| [[w:Voiceless alveolar fricative|s]]
| [[w:Voiceless postalveolar fricative|ʃ]]
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| [[w:Voiceless velar fricative|x]]
|-
! {{small|[[w:voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}
|
| [[w:Voiced alveolar fricative|z]]
| [[w:Voiced postalveolar fricative|ʒ]]
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|
|-
!colspan=2| [[w:Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
| [[w:Voiced labiodental approximant|ʋ]]
| [[w:Voiced dental, alveolar and postalveolar lateral approximants|l]]
|
| [[w:Voiced palatal approximant|j]], [[w:Voiced dental, alveolar and postalveolar lateral approximants|lʲ]]
|-
!colspan=2| [[w: Tap and flap consonants|Flap]]
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| [[w:Voiced dental and alveolar taps and flaps|ɾ]]
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| [[w:Voiced dental and alveolar taps and flaps|ɾʲ]]
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|}


=== Accent System Restructuring ===
=== Accent System Restructuring ===