Garonnian/Sound changes: Difference between revisions

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Deletion of vowels in contact with the liquids (/l/ or /r/): speculum → /isˈpɛkʲu/ → /isˈpjɔdʒu/ → pisçoģ /pisˈtʃɔdʒ/ "mirror"
Early lenition: /b/ and /v/ merge to /β/ in intervocalic positions. Before liquids, however, the sounds change to /w/ instead (Latin parabolō → /paˈrawlu/ → Garonnian parol /paˈrɔl/ "I speak"). Note them will deleted before /j/.
Palatalization of /l/ following a consonant to /j/ (note cluster /kl/ → /kʲ → /tʃ/ → /dʒ/, an unusual development in standards of Romance languages, e.g. Latin oculus → Garonnian ueģ "eye").
Palatalization of /k(ɛ,i,j)/, /ɡ(ɛ,i,j)/ to /tʃ/ and /j/, respectively. The following original /j/ sounds (resulted from /e(ː)/ and /i(ː)/ preceding vowels) are deleted.
- Notice also additional palatalizations that only occur before /j/: /lʲ/ → /ʎ/, /nʲ/ → /ɲ/, /sʲ/ → /ʃ/, and /tʲ/ → /ts/. Others were still denoted by plain palatalization: /mʲ/, /pʲ/, and /rʲ/. Note that original /bʲ/ in early Proto-Gallo-Sicilian times transformed into /j/: habeō → ai "I have".
Vowel shifts: ten vowels in Classical Latin are reduced to only five vowels in Proto-Garonnian:

Classical Latin	a	aː	e	eː	i	iː	o	oː	u	uː
Proto-Gallo-Sicilian	a		ɛ		i		ɔ		u

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 == Vulgar Latin to Proto-Garonnian ==
-* Deletion of vowels in contact with the liquids ({{IPA|/l/}} or {{IPA|/r/}}): ''speculum'' → {{IPA|/isˈpɛkʲu/}} → {{IPA|/isˈpjɔdʒu/}} → ''pesçoģ'' {{IPA|/pisˈtʃɔdʒ/}} "mirror"
+* Deletion of vowels in contact with the liquids ({{IPA|/l/}} or {{IPA|/r/}}): ''speculum'' → {{IPA|/isˈpɛkʲu/}} → {{IPA|/isˈpjɔdʒu/}} → ''pisçoģ'' {{IPA|/pisˈtʃɔdʒ/}} "mirror"
 * Early lenition: {{IPA|/b/}} and {{IPA|/v/}} merge to {{IPA|/β/}} in intervocalic positions. Before liquids, however, the sounds change to {{IPA|/w/}} instead (Latin ''parabolō'' → {{IPA|/paˈrawlu/}} → Garonnian ''parol'' {{IPA|/paˈrɔl/}} "I speak"). Note them will deleted before {{IPA|/j/}}.
 * Palatalization of {{IPA|/l/}} following a consonant to {{IPA|/j/}} (note cluster {{IPA|/kl/}} → {{IPA|/kʲ}} → {{IPA|/tʃ/}} → {{IPA|/dʒ/}}, an unusual development in standards of Romance languages, e.g. Latin ''oculus'' → Garonnian ''ueģ'' "eye").