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* In [[Albic]], they became '''*ɣ''' and later '''*g'''. | * In [[Albic]], they became '''*ɣ''' and later '''*g'''. | ||
* In [[Alpianic]], they became sounds transcribed '''*ĺ''' (probably [ɫ]) and '''*ŕ''' (probably [ʀ]). | * In [[Alpianic]], they became sounds transcribed '''*ĺ''' (probably [ɫ]) and '''*ŕ''' (probably [ʀ]). | ||
* | * Other West Hesperic languages: ''to be determined''. | ||
The semivowels apparently did not change. | The semivowels apparently did not change. | ||
[[Category:Hesperic]] | [[Category:Hesperic]] | ||
Revision as of 02:49, 13 February 2015
Drummond's Law (named after the fictional linguist Colin Drummond) is a sound change in the western group of Hesperic. In West Hesperic, consonants followed by Proto-Hesperic *x were velarized, with the *x itself disappearing. Stops became velar stops, preserving their laryngeal features (e.g., *t'x > *k'); *sx became *h, and *nx became the velar nasal *ng. The reflexes of liquids under Drummond's Law vary by branch:
- In Albic, they became *ɣ and later *g.
- In Alpianic, they became sounds transcribed *ĺ (probably [ɫ]) and *ŕ (probably [ʀ]).
- Other West Hesperic languages: to be determined.
The semivowels apparently did not change.
