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* syncopation and the loss of the inherent vowel, which resulted in the decline of the Thaduracian alphabet, replaced by the Irish unical, vowels became fully represented but only phonemically | * syncopation and the loss of the inherent vowel, which resulted in the decline of the Thaduracian alphabet, replaced by the Irish unical, vowels became fully represented but only phonemically | ||
* introduction of the character Þ, representing an unaspirated '''th''' | * introduction of the character '''Þ''', representing an unaspirated '''th''' | ||
* minor vowel shift '''/ʊ/''' became | * minor vowel shift, '''/ʊ/''' became long as in ''do'' | ||
* many loan words from germanic and celtic origin | * many loan words from germanic and celtic origin | ||
* '''ch''' became somewhat 'gutteral' as in the German ''doch'' | * '''ch''' became somewhat 'gutteral' as in the German ''doch'' | ||
Revision as of 07:05, 21 July 2008
Proto-Dalcurian (300AD-800AD) saw the following changes and introductions:
- syncopation and the loss of the inherent vowel, which resulted in the decline of the Thaduracian alphabet, replaced by the Irish unical, vowels became fully represented but only phonemically
- introduction of the character Þ, representing an unaspirated th
- minor vowel shift, /ʊ/ became long as in do
- many loan words from germanic and celtic origin
- ch became somewhat 'gutteral' as in the German doch
