Central Nezo-Germanic

Overview

Central Nezo-Germanic is a dialect of Proto-Nezo-Germanic (PNzG) spoken in the central regions of the Nezo-Germanic Islands.

Phonology

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Plosive	p, b	t, d		k, g
Fricative	ɸ ~ f (f), β ~ v (v)	s, z
Liquid	w	l	j

	Front	Back
Close	i, y	ɯ (ü), u
Mid	e, ø (ë)	ɤ (ö), o
Open	æ	a

Main Phonological Shifts

Central Nezo-Germanic utilizes a vowel harmony system:

kwenō > kwëdo

sweras > sweræs

Central Nezo-Germanic also underwent the Great Nasal Shift, where nasals became voiced plosives:

ne > de

sumas > subas

drinkan /dɾiŋkan/ (allophonic /ŋ/) > drigæd

The Proto-Nezo-Germanic rhotic /ɾ/ smoothed out into /ɣ/. This change also occured in Northern Nezo-Germanic (which influenced the shift in Central Nezo-Germanic).