The Phonological History of Ċerone
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A brief look at how Ċerone has changed from Proto-Thranian to its modern form
This public article was written by [Deactivated User], and last updated on 1 May 2018, 20:03.
[comments] lrc Proto Thranian was a language with only two fricatives, only one of which acted like a true fricative, and was relatively rich in consonants. Its phonemic inventory was something along the lines of:
▼ Obstruents
▼ Sonorants
▼ Vowels
Changes from Proto-Thranian to Old Ċerone
*h becomes a glottal fricative
Nasals assimilate to consonants immediately following them
*n/m/_p',_p,_b
*m/n/_t',_t,_d
*m,n/ŋ/_k',_k,_g
Stops and *s are lost before nasals
O//_N
*l merges with *r in onset clusters
*l/r/O_
Glottalised consonants become fricatives
*p',t',k'/ɸ,θ,x
Stops immediately followed by /h/ become fricatives
*p'h,t'h,k'h/ɸ,θ,x
*ph,th,kh/ɸ,θ,x
*bh,dh,gh/ɸ,θ,x
Length distinctions are phonemicised
Old Ċerone was a very obstruent heavy language:
▼ Obstruents
▼ Sonorants
▼ Vowels
Changes from Old Ċerone to Middle Ċerone
Velars are palatalized when adjacent to /i/ or /j/ and labialized when adjacent to /u/ or /w/
/h/ is lost, with compensatory lengthening after vowels
▼ Glides after vowels merge with them
nasals between vowels and obstruents are lost, with compensatory nasalization and lengthening
intervocalic voiced stops are pronounced as voiced fricatives.
/j/ and /w/ are lost
Middle Ċerone had a lot of very abstract spellings:
▼ Obstruents
▼ Sonorants
▼ Vowels
Changes from Middle Ċerone to Early Modern Ċerone
θ/s (varies by dialect)
Nasal Vowels are lost
ɯ:/u:
y:/i:
Unvoiced fricatives are vioced intervocalically
Voiced stops merge with unvoiced stops
labialized velars are lost
palatalized velars become palatal obstruents
short vowels lenite a bit
Early Modern Ċerone differs from Modern Ċerone only by its limited syllable structure, and is easily understandable by speakers of Modern Ċerone
Changes from Early Modern Ċerone to Modern Ċerone
Adjacent syllables in hiatus collapse into one syllable, with /i(:)/ or /u(:)/ of the first syllable turning into a semivowel /j/ or /w/, respectively
Unstressed initial syllables without codas are merged into the following syllable. The vowel is lost, and the resulting consonant cluster, if consisting of two stops, is lenited to a stop-fricative cluster.
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