Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Matlang, Day 5

Sorry if the last post was weird; blame Blogger. Now that we have a full inventory, it's time to work on sound changes.

Though we will keep the basic inventory the same, we will use some sound changes which we will apply to endings. All are based off of changes from PIE to Latin or Greek:
  1. Morphing of Labiovelars:
    1. kw, gw, kwh → t, d, th / _(i,e)
    2. kw, gw, kwh → k, g, gh / (u)_(u)
    3. kw → k / (o,u)_(o,u)
    4. gw, gwh → w / [-n]_
  2. Morphing of Aspirates:
    1. ph, th, kh → b, d, g / V_V
    2. th → b / (u,r)_(r,l)
    3. gwh → gw / _
  3. Morphing of s
    1. s → r / V_V
    2. s → h / #_[-plosive -voice]
  4. Morphing of Liquids:
    1. y → 0 / V_V
  5. Morphing of -ə:
    1. Və → 0 / _#
    2. Və → a / _
  6. Morphing of -i:
    1. ei → ē / _([+dorsal -w])
    2. ei → ī / _
    3. ōi, āi → ē / _
  7. Morphing of Syllabic Liquids
    1. ṟ, ḻ → ra, la / (p,b,k,g,s,#)_
    2. ṟ, ḻ → or, ol / _

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