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==Vowel changes==
==Vowel changes==
Possibly original [[Proto-Uralic]]: *e → *ɪ / _i (see [[Proto-Uralic/new|*ê]])
Possibly original [[Proto-Uralic]]: *e → *ɪ / _Ci (see [[Proto-Uralic/new|*ê]])


'''Shared with Mordvinic & Nenets''' (!!)
'''Shared with Finnic & Mordvinic'''
* *ü → *i
* ë → a
* *i u → *ɪ *ʊ (*iː *uː remain)
* e → e / _{j w x} (ie. does not become *ɪ → *ɤ)
 
'''Shared with Mordvinic'''
* ü → i (feeds the next changes)
* i → iː / _{j x}
* u → uː / _{w x}
* i u → ɪ ʊ (*iː *uː remain) (also shared with Nenets!)


'''Remainder'''
'''Remainder'''
* V → Vː / [-HIGH]
* V → Vː / [-HIGH] (also shared with Nenets!)
* a-umlaut: *eː *äː *oː → *ea *aa *oa / _C{aː, oː} (note that this *aː = <á> is distinct from *ɑː!)
* eː äː oː → ea aa oa / _C{aː, oː} (note that this *aː is distinct from *ɑː!)
* *äː *ɑː → **oː (shared with Finnic) / [+STR]
* äː ɑː → eː oː / [+STR] (shared with Finnic)
* *aː → *eː / [-STR]
* aː → eː / [-STR]
* *ʊ → *ɤ *o (a late change - consider eg the northern Lappland toponym''*ɤnárɤš'' → Finnish ''Inari'')
* ɪ ʊ → ɤ o (a late change - consider eg the northern Lappland toponym ''*ɤnárɤš'' → Finnish ''Inari'')
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This results in the following inventory:
This results in the following inventory:
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* short vowels */ɤ o/ <ë o>
* short vowels */ɤ o/ <ë o>


The shortening of **uː → *i *u and the [[diphthongization]] **oː → *ie *uo may postdate Proto-Samic.
The shortening of iː uː → i u and the [[diphthongization]] eː oː → ie uo may postdate Proto-Samic; the former have bimoraic reflexes /ij uv/ in South Samic.


==Consonant changes==
==Consonant changes==

Revision as of 15:28, 13 November 2009

Vowel changes

Possibly original Proto-Uralic: *e → *ɪ / _Ci (see )

Shared with Finnic & Mordvinic

  • ë → a
  • e → e / _{j w x} (ie. does not become *ɪ → *ɤ)

Shared with Mordvinic

  • ü → i (feeds the next changes)
  • i → iː / _{j x}
  • u → uː / _{w x}
  • i u → ɪ ʊ (*iː *uː remain) (also shared with Nenets!)

Remainder

  • V → Vː / [-HIGH] (also shared with Nenets!)
  • eː äː oː → ea aa oa / _C{aː, oː} (note that this *aː is distinct from *ɑː!)
  • äː ɑː → eː oː / [+STR] (shared with Finnic)
  • aː → eː / [-STR]
  • ɪ ʊ → ɤ o (a late change - consider eg the northern Lappland toponym *ɤnárɤš → Finnish Inari)

This results in the following inventory:

  • long vowels */iː eː ea aː oa oː uː/ <í é ea á oa ó ú>
  • short vowels */ɤ o/ <ë o>

The shortening of iː uː → i u and the diphthongization eː oː → ie uo may postdate Proto-Samic; the former have bimoraic reflexes /ij uv/ in South Samic.

Consonant changes

Proto-Uralic to Pre-Samic (≈ "Finno-Volgaic")

  • Vx → Vː / _C
  • w → ∅ / _{y u o} (shared with Finnic, Mordvinic, Mari)
  • j → ∅ / _{i e} (not sure about this)

Pre-Samic to Proto-Samic

  • x, ŋ → *w / _t (*xt only occurring in newer derivativs)
  • x → k
  • ðʲ → ð (also lʲ → l, if it exists separately)
  • sʲ <ś> → tɕ <č>
  • tʃ ʃ <č š> → ts s <c s>
  • ∅ → j / #_eː
  • ∅ → v / #_oː (these after the splitting off of *oa *ea)
  • w → v (even syllable-finally)