Glommish/Old
< Glommish
Glommish/Old is the most recent common ancestor of Þiúdьsk and Ufirlandisg.
Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m m | n n | |||
| Stop /Affricate |
voiceless | p p | t t | k k | |
| voiced | b b | d d | g g | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | f f | þ θ | s s | h x~h |
| voiced | [v v] | [ɣ ɣ] | |||
| Resonant | w ʋ | r r | l l | j j | |
All consonants except *j can be allophonically palatalized before certain vowels.
Vowels
a ā e ē ə̄ i ī o ō ö ȫ u ū ü ǖ au eu iu (e ē were probably very open, close to /æ æː/)
U-umlaut: a ā e ē i ī > o ō ö ȫ ü ǖ (from PGmc *a *ō/ā *e *ē *i *ī)
Vowel reflexes in stressed syllables:
a ā e ē ə̄ i ī o ō ö ȫ u ū ü ǖ au eu iu
Þiúd'sk: > a á ia/ie iá ý i í o ó ie ié u ú i í ó ió iú
Ufirlandisg: > a ā ia iā ē(uō after w) i ī uo uō üe üē u ū ü ǖ au iau ieu