Southern Nezo-Germanic: Difference between revisions
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Overview
Southern 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), β ~ v (v) | s, z | ɣ (r) | |
| Nasal | m | n | ||
| Liquid | w | l | j |
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Open | a |
Main Phonological Shifts
The Proto-Nezo-Germanic rhotic /ɾ/ smoothed out into /ɣ/. This change also occured in Central Nezo-Germanic (which was influenced by the shift in Southern Nezo-Germanic).
The Class I noun ending "-as" weakened the "a":
/as/ > /əs/ > /z/ in some circumstances
Heavy intervocalic voicing.