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'''South Albic''' is a branch of the [[Albic]] family spoken in southern Britain and a few other places. It includes the classical form of [[Old Albic]] as well as the modern [[Low Elvish]] and [[Macaronesian]] languages. | '''South Albic''' is a branch of the [[Albic]] family spoken in southern Britain and a few other places. It includes the classical form of [[Old Albic]] as well as the modern [[Low Elvish]] and [[Macaronesian]] languages. | ||
South Albic is the largest branch of Albic in terms of both languages belonging to it and speakers of those languages. | South Albic is the largest branch of Albic in terms of both languages belonging to it and speakers of those languages. | ||
* The three grades of | ==Sound changes in South Albic== | ||
* Vowels undergo | |||
Symbols: | |||
T neutral stop <br> | |||
T` aspirated stop <br> | |||
D voiced stop <br> | |||
Th fricative <br> | |||
C any consonant <br> | |||
C* zero or more consonants <br> | |||
V any vowel <br> | |||
X any segment <br> | |||
X* zero or more segments of any kind | |||
The three grades of stops remain distinct, with the aspirated stops shifted to fricatives: | |||
T` > Th | |||
Clusters of '''s'''+stop are simplified except intervocally: | |||
'''s'''T > Th<br> | |||
'''s'''Th > Th<br> | |||
'''s'''D > D | |||
Clusters of stop+'''s''' undergo metathesis: | |||
T'''s''' > '''s'''T<br> | |||
Th'''s''' > '''s'''Th<br> | |||
D'''s''' > '''s'''D | |||
Intervocalic '''s''' becomes '''r''' (partly restored by analogy): | |||
'''s''' > '''r''' /V_V | |||
Fricatives are changed into stops if another fricative (except '''s''') follows: | |||
Th > T / _X*Th <br> | |||
Th > T /_X*'''h''' | |||
Vowels undergo umlaut (precedence from right to left): | |||
V > [+open] / _C*'''a'''<br> | |||
V > [+front] / _C*'''i'''<br> | |||
V > [+round] / _C*'''u''' | |||
[[Category:Albic]] | [[Category:Albic]] | ||
Revision as of 12:04, 28 February 2006
| South Albic | |
| Spoken in: | southern Britain and elsewhere |
| Timeline/Universe: | League of Lost Languages, UKW World |
| Total speakers: | |
| Genealogical classification: | Albic South Albic |
| Created by: | |
| Jörg Rhiemeier | 2001- |
South Albic is a branch of the Albic family spoken in southern Britain and a few other places. It includes the classical form of Old Albic as well as the modern Low Elvish and Macaronesian languages.
South Albic is the largest branch of Albic in terms of both languages belonging to it and speakers of those languages.
Sound changes in South Albic
Symbols:
T neutral stop
T` aspirated stop
D voiced stop
Th fricative
C any consonant
C* zero or more consonants
V any vowel
X any segment
X* zero or more segments of any kind
The three grades of stops remain distinct, with the aspirated stops shifted to fricatives:
T` > Th
Clusters of s+stop are simplified except intervocally:
sT > Th
sTh > Th
sD > D
Clusters of stop+s undergo metathesis:
Ts > sT
Ths > sTh
Ds > sD
Intervocalic s becomes r (partly restored by analogy):
s > r /V_V
Fricatives are changed into stops if another fricative (except s) follows:
Th > T / _X*Th
Th > T /_X*h
Vowels undergo umlaut (precedence from right to left):
V > [+open] / _C*a
V > [+front] / _C*i
V > [+round] / _C*u
