Veslovian/Phonology

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Northern dialect

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal /m/
⟨m⟩
/n/
⟨n⟩
/ɲ/
⟨ň⟩
Plosive Voiceless /p/
⟨p⟩
/t/
⟨t⟩
/c/
⟨ť⟩
/k/
⟨k⟩
Voiced /b/
⟨b⟩
/d/
⟨d⟩
/ɟ/
⟨ď⟩
/ɡ/
⟨g⟩
Affricate Voiceless /ts/
⟨c⟩
/tʃ/
⟨č⟩
Voiced /dz/
⟨dz⟩
/dʒ/
⟨dž⟩
Fricative Voiceless /f/
⟨f⟩
/s/
⟨s⟩
/ʃ/
⟨š⟩
/x/
⟨ch⟩
Voiced /v/
⟨v⟩
/z/
⟨z⟩
/ʒ/
⟨ž⟩
/ɦ/
⟨h⟩
Trill Plain /r/
⟨r⟩
Fricative /r̝/
⟨ř⟩
Approximant /l/
⟨l⟩
/j/

Vowels

Back Central Front
Short Long Short Long Short Long
Close /ɪ/ /iː/ /u/ /uː/
Mid /ɛ/ /ɛː/ /ɔ/ /ɔː/
Open /a/ /aː/

Stress

Words are stressed in the first syllable, except when a preposition precedes a noun or adjective, the preposition was stressed instead (Mrakovr Mrakoverž "Marcover, in Marcover (cf. Maribor)").

Alterations

Lengthening

When followed by syllables historically containing yers (*-ь- or *-ъ-) that later deleted, the vowels except yers itself are lengthened, or become diphthongs instead.

Northern Southern
Short grade Long grade Short grade Long grade
a á a á
e é e é
í ẹ́
ě í é
i i í
o ů o ọ́
u ou u ú

Phonetic developments

Middle Proto-Germanic to Proto-South Germanic

  • Reversal of certain fricatives developed by Grimm's law. The phonemes *h including Grimm devoiced ones are still preserved (*h and *x only differ in notation as it mimics the Proto-Slavic one). Consonant clusters are similarly affected, but often in complex ways.
Proto-Germanic *f *h
Proto-South Germanic *p *x, *t
Proto-Germanic *fs *ft *hs *ht *ss
Proto-South Germanic *s (< *ps) *t (< *pt) (< *ks) (< *kt) *s (< *ss)
  • Irregular late Proto-South Germanic form of second person singular ending *-ešь was formed by analogy with the corresponding Proto-Slavic counterpart *-eši.
  • First palatalization: palatalizations of velars before *-i-, *-ī-, *-e- and *-ē-.
Unpalatalized -k- -g- -x-
Palatalized -č- -ž- -š-
Unpalatalized -k- -g- -x-
Palatalized Northern -c- -dz- -š-
Western -c- -dz- -š-
Southern -c- -z- -s-