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====[[Begemann's Law]]==== | ====[[Begemann's Law]]==== | ||
* Aspirated stops become voiceless | * Aspirated stops become voiceless fricatives ''except'' after nasals and *s and in gemination. In the named positions, they merge with the neutral stops. | ||
* Voiced stops become voiced fricatives ''except'' after nasals and *s and in gemination. In the named positions, they remain voiced stops. | |||
* Voiced stops become voiced fricatives ''except'' after nasals and *s and in gemination. | |||
* Neutral stops remain unchanged in all positions. | * Neutral stops remain unchanged in all positions. | ||
Revision as of 07:51, 19 April 2018
Proto-Hercynian is the (intrafictionally) reconstructed common ancestor of the Hercynian languages, which form a branch of the Hesperic language family, a family of diachronic lostlangs designed by Jörg Rhiemeier.
Phonology
Sound changes from Proto-Hesperic
This section gives an overview of the sound changes that occured on the way from Proto-Hesperic to Proto-Hercynian.
Common West Hesperic developments
Continental West Hesperic developments
- m > n /_#
- ng > n /_#
- Laryngeal loss
- V3 > V:
- 3 > 0 /otherwise
- Monophthongizations
- ai, ia > é
- au, ua > ó
- iu > ú
- ui > í
- VV > V: /if both of same quality
- Pre-sonorant vowel lowering
- * i > e, u > o before nasals and liquids (affects both long and short vowels)
- Vowel lengthenings and shortenings
- Long vowels are shorted in closed syllables
- Short vowels are lengthened in stressed open syllables
Begemann's Law
- Aspirated stops become voiceless fricatives except after nasals and *s and in gemination. In the named positions, they merge with the neutral stops.
- Voiced stops become voiced fricatives except after nasals and *s and in gemination. In the named positions, they remain voiced stops.
- Neutral stops remain unchanged in all positions.
Origin of *z
- s > z / after nasals and liquids
- tj, kj > s
- dj, gj > z
