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'''Senantho's Law''' is a sound change in the | '''Senantho's Law''' is a sound change in the northern branch of the [[Hesperic]] family. It is named after an ancient [[Elves (The Elvenpath)|Elven]] grammarian who observed that in [[Old Albic]], the group '''tha''' in a suffix (e.g. the agent suffix '''-thara''' or the instrument suffix '''-thal''') changes into '''i''' when the suffix follows a stop. For example, while 'thinker' is '''manthara''' (root '''man-'''), 'killer' is '''matera''' (root '''mat-'''). This is actually an instance of a more general sound change affecting all western Hesperic languages, wherein a stop immediately following another stop is changed into a semivowel. Dental and velar stops become '''*j''' (which drops before '''*w''') while labial stops become '''*w'''. Geminate stops are unaffected. | ||
The change did not happen in the South Hesperic languages. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Drummond's Law]], | * [[Drummond's Law]] and [[Alfermann's Law]], other named sound changes in North Hesperic | ||
[[Category:Hesperic]] | [[Category:Hesperic]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:36, 18 August 2019
Senantho's Law is a sound change in the northern branch of the Hesperic family. It is named after an ancient Elven grammarian who observed that in Old Albic, the group tha in a suffix (e.g. the agent suffix -thara or the instrument suffix -thal) changes into i when the suffix follows a stop. For example, while 'thinker' is manthara (root man-), 'killer' is matera (root mat-). This is actually an instance of a more general sound change affecting all western Hesperic languages, wherein a stop immediately following another stop is changed into a semivowel. Dental and velar stops become *j (which drops before *w) while labial stops become *w. Geminate stops are unaffected.
The change did not happen in the South Hesperic languages.
See also
- Drummond's Law and Alfermann's Law, other named sound changes in North Hesperic
