Pre-Húsnorsk: Difference between revisions

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| ʀ¹
| ʀ¹
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! rowspan=2 | Approximant
! colspan=2 | Approximant
! Unvoiced
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| (ʍ)
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| (r̥), (l̥)
| , l²<sup>, </sup>³
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! Voiced
| w
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| r,
| j
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#probably [ʝ].
#probably [ɹ̠˔].
#Devoiced word-initially, probably [ʍ, r̥, l̥, ç]
#likely [ʟ] in coda position.
#likely [ʟ] in coda position.


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| ɛ ⟨æ⟩
| ɛ ⟨æ⟩
| œ¹
| œ¹
| ɔ ⟨ǫ⟩
| ɔ ⟨ꜵ⟩
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|-
! Low
! Low
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#This sound was almost certainly distinct from /ø/ in Pre-Húsnorsk.
#This sound was almost certainly distinct from /ø/ in Pre-Húsnorsk. (/ø/ was written "ꜷ", while /œ/ was written "œ", the consistency between the two seems to point towards a strong distinction)


Every vowel has a nasal counterpart, as well as a long form.
Every vowel has a nasal counterpart, as well as a long form. It seems when nasal, there is no distinction between mid-high and mid-low, the qualities here were likely true mid ([ẽ̞, ø̞̃, õ̞]), or at least transitioning towards such, though they were most certainly not mid-high by the time of Old Húsnorsk.


==Morphology==
==Morphology==