Phonological changes of Classical Laefêvëši

NOTE: This is an obsolete form of the conlang. It has been renamed to Classical Laefêvëši to distinguish it from the new version, which is Ascended or Celestial Laefêvëši.

The Modern Laefêvëši language is a result of a language evolution throughout several millennia from the original Proto-Vlamarian language.

Changes

Consonantal changes

Proto- Vlamariann	Old Laefêvëši	Middle Laefêvëši	Modern Laefêvëši	Examples
m	m	m	m
mʷ	mʷ	m:	m:
n	n	n	n
nʷ	nʷ	n:	n:
n:	n:	ɲ	ɲ
ŋk,ŋg	ŋg,ŋk	ŋ	ŋ
p	p	p	p
pʰʷ	pʷ	pʷ	p:
pc	pc	pʰ	pʰ
b	ʋ	v	v
bʷ	bʷ	b:	b:
t	t	t	t
tʰʷ	tʷ	tʷ	t:
tc	tc	tʰ	tʰ
tʰ	tʰ	ʦ	ʦ
tl	tɾ	tɾ	ɾ
d	d	d	d
dʰ	dʰ	ʣ	ʣ
dʷ	dʷ	d:	d:
c	c	tʲ	t
c:	ʦʲ	ʨ	ʨ
ɟ	ɟ	dʲ	d
ɟ:	ʣʲ	ʥ	ʥ
k	k	k	k
kʰʷ	kʷ	kʷ	k:
k:	k:	k:	x
gʷ	gʷ	g:	g:
ɸ	ɸ	ɸ	f
β	β	β	v
fʷ	fʷ	fʷ	f:
vʷ	vʷ	v:	v:
θʷ	θʷ	θʷ	θ:
ðʷ	ðʷ	ð:	ð:
s	s	s	s
sʲ	ç	ʃ	ʃ
zʲ	ʝ	ʒ	ʒ
s:	s:	θ	θ
z	z	z	z
z:	z:	ð	ð
ʃ	ʃ	ʧ	ʧ
ʃl	ɬʲ	ɬʲ	ɕ
ʒ	ʒ	ʤ	ʤ
ʒl	ɮʲ	ɮʲ	ʑ
x	x:	k:	kʰ
ɣ	ɣ	ɣ	ɣ
ɣ:	ɣ:	ɣ:	g
ʦl	ʦl	ʦʰ	ʦʰ
ʧl	ʧl	ʧʰ	ʧʰ
ʨl	ʨl	ʨʰ	ʨʰ
ʋ	ʋ	w	w
j	j	j	j
w	w	ʋ	v
ɾ	r	r	r
ɾʲ	ɾʲ	ɾʲ	ɹ
l	l	l	l
l:	l:	lʲ	ʎ
lʷ	lʷ	l:	l:

Vocalic changes

Proto- vlamarian	Condition	Old Laefêvëši	Middle Laefêvëši	Modern Laefêvëši	Examples
a		a	a	a
	+m,n,t,l	æ	ɛ	e
	+k,g,t,d	ɜ	ʌə	ʌ
	+p,b,f,v	ɐ	ʌ	ɔ
	final	a	ə	ə
				lost
ɑ		ɑ	ʌ	ʌ
	+m,n	ɒ	ɒ	ɔ
ɒ		ɔ	ɔ	ɔ
æ	final	ɛ	ɛ	œ
		æ	æ	ɛ
	initial	æ	ɛ	ɛ
ɛ		ɛ	ɛ	ɛ
	+m,n	ɛ	æ	a
	+l	ɛ	ɛ	a
	+r,j	ɛ	ɛ	ø
ɛɪ	+m,n	ø	ɵ	o
ɔ		ɔi	oi	ø
	+k,g,x,ɣ	ɔ	ɐ	a
	+t,d,l,r	ɔɪ	oɨ	o
ə		ə	ə	ə
	final	ə	lost	lost
e		e	e	e
ø		ø	œ	œ
ɘ	+m,n,t,d,l,r	ɪ	ɪ	i
ɘɪ	final	ɘɪ	ɔ	o
ɵ	stressed	ɤ	ɤ	ə
o		o	o	o
ʏ		ʏ	y	y
ᵻ	unstressed, +t,d	ɘ	ɘ	ə
ᵿ	stressed, +t,d	ɵ	ɵ	ə
ʊ	+m,t,s,l	ʊ	ui	u
i		i	i	i
	+m,n,l,r	ɪə	ɪe	ɛ
	final	ɪ	e	e
iə		ɨᵿ	ɨ	ɯ
y	final	y	y	i
ɨ		ɨ	ɪ	ɪ
ʉ		ʉ	ʊ	ʊ
u		u	u	u

System

Vowels

Proto-Vlamarian vowels

	Front		Near-front	Central		Near-back	Back
	Unrounded	Rounded	Rounded	Unrounded	Rounded	Rounded	Unrounded	Rounded
Close	i	y		ɨ	ʉ			u
Near-close			ʏ	ᵻ	ᵿ	ʊ
Close-mid	e	ø		ɘ	ɵ			o
Mid				ə
Open-mid	ɛ							ɔ
Near-open	æ
Open	a						ɑ	ɒ

Old Laefêvëši vowels

	Front		Near-front		Central		Near-back	Back
	Unrounded	Rounded	Unrounded	Rounded	Unrounded	Rounded	Rounded	Unrounded	Rounded
Close	i	y			ɨ	ʉ			u
Near-close			ɪ	ʏ			ʊ
Close-mid	e	ø			ɘ	ɵ		ɤ	o
Mid					ə
Open-mid	ɛ		ɜ						ɔ
Near-open	æ				ɐ
Open	a							ɑ	ɒ

Middle Laefêvëši vowels

	Front		Near-front	Central		Near-back	Back
	Unrounded	Rounded	Unrounded	Unrounded	Rounded	Rounded	Unrounded	Rounded
Close	i	y		ɨ				u
Near-close			ɪ			ʊ
Close-mid	e				ɵ		ɤ	o
Mid				ə
Open-mid	ɛ	œ					ʌ	ɔ
Near-open	æ			ɐ
Open	a							ɒ

Modern Laefêvëši vowels

	Front				Near-front		Central		Near-back		Back
	Unrounded		Rounded								Unrounded		Rounded
	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
Close	i	i:	y	y:							ɯ	ɯ:	u	u:
Near-close					ɪ	ɪ:			ʊ	ʊ:
Close-mid	e	e:	ø	ø:									o	o:
Mid							ə
Open-mid	ɛ	ɛ:	œ	œ:							ʌ	ʌ:	ɔ	ɔ:
Open							a	a: