Proto-Dalcurian

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Proto-Dalcurian (300AD-800AD) saw the following changes and introductions:

• syncopation and the loss of the inherent vowel, which resulted in the decline of the Thaduracian alphabet, replaced by the Irish unical, vowels became fully represented but only phonemically

• introduction of the character Þ, representing an unaspirated th

• minor vowel shift /ʊ/ became /ʊ:/ as in do

• many loan words from germanic and celtic origin

• ch became somewhat 'gutteral' as in the German doch