Veslovian/Phonology
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Northern dialect
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | /m/ ⟨m⟩ |
/n/ ⟨n⟩ |
/ɲ/ ⟨ň⟩ |
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Plosive | Voiceless | /p/ ⟨p⟩ |
/t/ ⟨t⟩ |
/c/ ⟨ť⟩ |
/k/ ⟨k⟩ |
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Voiced | /b/ ⟨b⟩ |
/d/ ⟨d⟩ |
/ɟ/ ⟨ď⟩ |
/ɡ/ ⟨g⟩ |
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Affricate | Voiceless | /ts/ ⟨c⟩ |
/tʃ/ ⟨č⟩ |
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Voiced | /dz/ ⟨dz⟩ |
/dʒ/ ⟨dž⟩ |
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Fricative | Voiceless | /f/ ⟨f⟩ |
/s/ ⟨s⟩ |
/ʃ/ ⟨š⟩ |
/x/ ⟨ch⟩ |
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Voiced | /v/ ⟨v⟩ |
/z/ ⟨z⟩ |
/ʒ/ ⟨ž⟩ |
/ɦ/ ⟨h⟩ | ||
Trill | Plain | /r/ ⟨r⟩ |
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Fricative | /r̝/ ⟨ř⟩ |
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Approximant | /l/ ⟨l⟩ |
/j/ |
Vowels
Back | Central | Front | ||||
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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 → jí 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 | ||
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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 | *þ | ||
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Proto-South Germanic | *p | *x, *š | *t | ||
Proto-Germanic | *fs | *ft | *hs | *ht | *ss |
Proto-South Germanic | *s (< *ps) | *t (< *pt) | *š (< *ks) | *ť (< *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- |
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Palatalized | -č- | -ž- | -š- |
- Second palatalization: palatalizations of velars before *-ai-. However, the outcomes are not uniform.
Unpalatalized | -k- | -g- | -x- | |
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Palatalized | Northern | -c- | -dz- | -š- |
Western | -c- | -dz- | -š- | |
Southern | -c- | -z- | -s- |