Central Lescealh Faraneit

Central Lescealh Faraneit was the dialect spoken under Harapah rule through out Lescealh. It was given various amounts of special treatment as a de facto lingua franca during that time period.

Sound Changes from Standard Lescealh Faraneit

• uq iq eq oq > ʊq ɪq ɛq ɔq
• q > k
• ɔn ɛn an > an
• in ɪn un ʊn > ɪn ɪn ʊn ʊn
• ɔ o > o
• or er ɛr > ɔr ɛr ɛr
• ir ɪr ur ʊr > ɪr ɪr ʊr ʊr
• θ > DELETES
• ʊ > ə
• ɪ > ɨ
• iV ɨV eV ɛV > jV
• oV uV > wV
• aV əV > V
• ɛ a > æ ɑ

Development of Limited Vowel Harmony

Prior to the universal lenition of /ʊ/, a primitive form of vowel harmony emerged. /o ʊ u/ became /ø ʏ y/ prior to a syllable containing /i ɪ e ɛ/. From this initial system, /y ʏ/ merged to /y/, only for /y/ to simplify to /ui/ and /ø/ to /ue/.

Yet, within the verbal suffixes, this initial form was preserved, resulting in alternating forms depending on the last vowel in the verb's stem. For example,

Boaneicejeih.
Boaneic-e-j-eih
eat-PRES-REAL-1P
I eat.

but

Boneicoejeih.
Boneic-oe-j-eih
eat-RPAST-REAL-1P
I was eating.

as opposed to

Ceuzejeih.
Ceuz-e-j-eih
betray-PRES-REAL-1P
I'm betraying (some one).

and

Ceuzojeih.
Ceuz-o-j-eih
betray-RPAST-REAL-1P
I betrayed (some one).

This affect is not limited to tense markers, as it also affects the third person marker. For example:

Fascejoeh.
Fasc-e-j-oeh
write-PRES-REAL-3P
(S)He writes.

as opposed to

Fascojoh.
Fasc-o-j-oh
write-RPAST-REAL-3P
(S)He wrote.

Frequently the mutation on these two intersect. For example:

Feascuejoeh.
Feasc-ue-j-oeh.
teach-DPAST-REAL-3P
(He/She/It/They) were teaching (some one).