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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
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! scope="row" | Tap/Flap | |||
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{| class="wikitable" |} | {| class="wikitable" |} | ||
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! scope="col" | Front | ! scope="col" | Front | ||
! scope="col" | Center | |||
! scope="col" | Back | ! scope="col" | Back | ||
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! scope="row" | Close | ! scope="row" | Close | ||
| i | | i | ||
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| u | | u | ||
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| scope="row" | Mid | | scope="row" | Mid | ||
| e | | e | ||
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| o | | o | ||
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| a | | a | ||
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== Main Phonological Shifts == | |||
The most notable sound shift in Northern Nezo-Germanic is the '''Great Northern Nezo-Germanic Vowel Shift'''. This vowel shift dropped all vowels: | |||
/i/ > /e/ > /a/ | |||
/u/ > /o/ > /a/ | |||
ek > ak | |||
tu > to | |||
tris > tres | |||
The vowel /y/ shifted to /i/, unrounding. | |||
Nasals in coda position (the end of a syllable) disappeared: | |||
mangas > magas | |||
drinkan > dreka | |||
etam > ata | |||
== Noun Class Merger == | |||
The noun class system of Proto-Nezo-Germanic included to different classes: Class I nouns, ending in "-as", and Class II nouns, ending in "-ō". In the northern dialect, all Class II nouns became merged into Class I. | |||
fetrō > fatras | |||
The northern dialect is the only dialect to merge these two classes. | |||
Latest revision as of 15:32, 8 July 2025
Overview
Northern Nezo-Germanic is a dialect of Proto-Nezo-Germanic (PNzG) spoken in the southern regions of the Nezo-Germanic Islands.
Phonology
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p, b | t, d | k, g | |
| Fricative | ɸ ~ f (f) | s | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ||
| Liquid | w | l | j | |
| Tap/Flap | ɾ |
| Front | Center | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
Main Phonological Shifts
The most notable sound shift in Northern Nezo-Germanic is the Great Northern Nezo-Germanic Vowel Shift. This vowel shift dropped all vowels:
/i/ > /e/ > /a/
/u/ > /o/ > /a/
ek > ak
tu > to
tris > tres
The vowel /y/ shifted to /i/, unrounding.
Nasals in coda position (the end of a syllable) disappeared:
mangas > magas
drinkan > dreka
etam > ata
Noun Class Merger
The noun class system of Proto-Nezo-Germanic included to different classes: Class I nouns, ending in "-as", and Class II nouns, ending in "-ō". In the northern dialect, all Class II nouns became merged into Class I.
fetrō > fatras
The northern dialect is the only dialect to merge these two classes.