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Classic Greek Vowels and Declensions



The Classical Greek system of vowels is:

i, i:
e, e:
E:
a, a:
O:
o
u:
y, y:

So the question is, do you remove length first or lower first? If 
you lower first, you get
1) lowering
i:
e, e:
E, E:
a, a:
O, O:
2
u:
y:
2) length-dropping
i
e
E
a
O
2
u
y
If we do it the other way, lowering is not necessary (although it 
would be characteristic of Gallic tribal groups):
1)length-dropping
i
e
E
a
O
o
u
y

The [y] is OK for Languedocien, which *here* had a chain [o] > [u} > 
[y], as [lu:na] > [lyno]. The [2] of the first option is odd, but 
that may be good.

As for Declensions, Ionic (under which Massiliote Greek should fall) 
had the following
M
-os
-on
-u:
-O:

-oi
-u:s
-O:n
-ois

N
-on
-on
-u:
-O:

-a
-a
-O:n
-ois


F
-E:
-E:n
-E:s
-E:

-ai
-a:s
-eO:n
-ais

This would produce under the first system
M
-Os
-On
-u
-O

-oi
-os
-On
-ois

N
-On
-On
-u
-O

-a
-a
-On
-ois


F
-E
-En
-Es
-E

-ai
-as
-EOn
-ais

This would produce under the second system
M
-os
-on
-u
-O

-oi
-us
-On
-ois

N
-on
-on
-u
-O

-a
-a
-On
-ois


F
-E
-En
-Es
-E

-ai
-as
-eOn
-ais

Doric Koine (under which Syracusan Greek falls) had the following
M
-os
-on
-o:
-O:

-oi
-o:s
-O:n
-ois

N
-on
-on
-o:
-O:

-a
-a
-O:n
-ois


F
-a:
-a:n
-a:s
-a:

-ai
-a:s
-a:n
-ais

This would produce under the first system
M
-Os
-On
-o
-O

-oi
-os
-On
-ois

N
-On
-On
-o
-O

-a
-a
-On
-ois


F
-a
-an
-as
-a

-ai
-as
-an
-ais

This would produce under the second system

-os
-on
-o
-O

-oi
-os
-On
-ois

N
-on
-on
-o
-O

-a
-a
-On
-ois


F
-a
-an
-as
-a

-ai
-as
-an
-ais


Of course, the complexity of the Situation is exacerbated by how 
much interference there is from the Gaulish and Celtiberian case 
systems and vocalic phonology. Another question is if /n/ should be 
regarded as weak as Latin /m/.