Bâzrâmani

Bâzrâmani (or Bazramæni)

BPJ 13:09, 5 Jul 2005 (PDT)

Note that my Romano-Persian lang has undergone another name change: Baazraamani < VÓCEM RÓMÁNICAM.

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Vowels

Latin sounds	#_, C_C	_C*{i,î}	_C*{u,û}	_#
a, â, au	/æ/(a)	e	o	-e
e, ae	/(j)æ/((y)a)	e	o	-
o	/æ/(a)	e	o	-
i	e	e	i	-
u	o	u	u	-
ê, î, oe	i	i	i	-
ô	/a/ â	â	â	â
û	u	u	u	-

Consonants

Latin sounds	#_	V_V	_C	_r/l	_#
k	k	g	kh /x/	kh	g
qu	kh	kh
k _{i,e}	ch /tš/	z		ch
qu _{i,e}	k	g
sc _{i,e}	sh /š/	sh	sh
x (cs)	sh	sh	sh		sh
g	g	gh /G/	gh	gh
g _{i,e}	j /dž/	z		j/z
gn, mn, gm, nn	ny /J/	ny
t	t	d	s	s	d
d	d	y	z	z	y
nt	nd		nd
s	h	h	s	h	h
p	p	b	f	f	(b)
b, v	b	v	v	b/v	v
m	m	m	m	m	-

Geminate consonants are treated as if initial.

Special contexts

liV, leV > yV

tiV, teV > sV

diV, deV > zV

niV, neV, miV, meV > nyV

riV, reV > zhV /ž/

ll > y

-cul-, -gul- > ly > y

viC > guC

-Cicum# > Ci#

> -ellum > -oy > ey

vo > u

al,el,ol > u / _C e.g. altus > ud.

ôl,ul,ûl > u / _C.

il,îl,êl > i / _C.

In clusters l becomes /r/: Cl > Cr e.g. clarus > kharor.

Latin rd > l, e.g. ardore > alar.

It will be seen that the consonant changes are essentially an outline of the changes between Old and Middle Persian with an occasional Old Iranian or Romance feature rearing its head. They are of course subject to future refinement.