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<span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: Garamond">The onset of what is now termed Old Dalcurian saw a greater divide between that of Thaduracian and Proto-Dalcurian. The main introductions were:
* <span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: Garamond">vowel shift and introduction of
long vowels
* <span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: Garamond">palatialisation
* <span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: Garamond">lenition-'th'>'t' on following 'th'
* <span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: Garamond">introduction of new verb tenses and endings: identifiable preterite with telecity prefix '''ga''', perfective present with ''haabra'
* <span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: Garamond">auxilliary verb 'haab
* <span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: Garamond">spelling changes: long vowels were doubled
* <span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: Garamond">gradual loss of modality inflection and introduction of auxiliaries

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The onset of what is now termed Old Dalcurian saw a greater divide between that of Thaduracian and Proto-Dalcurian. The main introductions were:

  • vowel shift and introduction of

long vowels

  • palatialisation
  • lenition-'th'>'t' on following 'th'
  • introduction of new verb tenses and endings: identifiable preterite with telecity prefix ga, perfective present with haabra'
  • auxilliary verb 'haab
  • spelling changes: long vowels were doubled
  • gradual loss of modality inflection and introduction of auxiliaries