Old Vedran
| Vjedrane (ançjane) | |
|---|---|
| Pronounced: | /ʋjɛdranə/ |
| Timeline and Universe: | none |
| Species: | Human |
| Spoken: | Castre |
| Total speakers: | extinct |
| Writing system: | Latin |
| Genealogy: | Indo-European Italic |
| Typology | |
| Morphological type: | inflecting, fusional |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | Accusative-Dative |
| Basic word order: | SVO |
| Credits | |
| Creator: | Sectori |
| Created: | Fall 2008 |
Old Vedran (Old Vedran vjedrane ançjane) was the vernacular language of the Principality of Castre from about 750 to 1300 CE. It was a Western Romance language, most closely related to Old French, although there are significant differences between the two. Although Vedran shares many phonological traits with the other Romance languages (the diphthongization of stressed Ĕ and Ŏ, e.g.), it also has a number of innovations that cannot be traced either to its Romance neighbors or its Germanic neighbors (the velarization of most consonants before a back vowel, e.g.).
Phonological Developments
Old Vedran developed from Vulgar Latin through certain sound changes. The Vulgar Latin vowel system retained its basic shape, with minor modifications. The consonant system changed significantly.
| Development of vowels in Old Vedran | ||
|---|---|---|
| V. Lat. | O. Vedr. | |
| i | > | i |
| e | > | e |
| e | > | ǝ* |
| e | > | jɛ** |
| ɛ | > | ɛ |
| ɛ | > | ǝ* |
| ɛ | > | jɛ** |
| a | > | a |
| a | > | ǝ* |
| ɔ | > | ɔ |
| ɔ | > | ǝ* |
| ɔ | > | wɔ** |
| o | > | o |
| o | > | wɔ** |
| u | > | u |
* in unstressed final position
** in stressed and/or initial position
