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Salud,
and apologies for cross-posting!
I've sorted out the order of changes needed in
Rhodrese historical phonology so that 1.sg present
shows 'u-umlaut' but the -US/-UM nom./acc. and
1.pl of verbs don't: vowels in final syllables
became @ and were lost gradually, the least
sonorous high I U going thru the whole cycle to
loss before the mid ones even became @.
Any reports on inclarities, contradictions or
implausibilities will be gratefully received!
One interesting fact is that the nominative pl.
of the 2. declension will not be -i when the
accusative pl. of the same is -i, but rather zero
and identical to the acc.sg. No wonder case
distinction was lost! I guess for a time it
was preserved in the sg. but lost in the pl.
i > I > I\ > @ / _C*# -- unstressed
-- AMATI > > *ama:d@
-- AMATIS > > *ama:d@s (-@z / _ [+voiced] )
u > U > U\ > @ / _C*# -- unstressed
-- AMATU(M) > > *ama:d@
-- AMATUS > > *ama:d@s/z
-- AMAMUS > > *ama:m@s/z
o > u / _# -- AMO >> *a:mu
@ > 0 / _(C)#
-- *ama:d@ > *ama:d
-- *ama:d@s/z > *ama:ts/dz
{e,o} > @ / _C*#
-- AMEM >> *a:m@
-- AMATOS >> *ama:d@s/z
z > j / _[+C,+voiced]
-- *a:m@z > *a:m@j
-- *ama:d@z > *ama:d@j
s > h > 0 / V_# -- only in pausam!
-- *a:m@s >
{a,@} > e / _j#
-- AMES >> *a:mej
-- AMATOS/AS >> *ama:dej
-- AMAS >> *a:mej
-- but -a# still [a]!
@ > 0 _(C)#
-- AMEM >> *a:m@ > *a:m
-- AMET >> *a:mt
-- SENIOR >> *seJ4 > sei4 -- but SENIOREM > se'Jou4
-- but AMAT still *a:mat, AMANT still *a:m@~nt!
ej > Ij > i / _#
-- *a:mej > *a:mi
-- *ama:dej > *ama:di (AMATOS/AS)
{0,@s,s,z} > i / {{PLURAL,2.SG.}}
-- compensates for the loss of former
-- -Vs endings before pause and reduces
-- allomorphy elsewhere
{e,E} > i / _ C* i
-- CREDIS >> *kre:4z > *kri:4i
-- *METOS >> *mE:di > mi:di
a > E / _ C i
-- *a:mi > *E:mi
a > Q / _ C* u
-- *a:mu > *Q:mu
[+back] > [-back] / _ C* i
u > @ > 0 / _#
*Q:mu >> *Q:m
e: > ei
-- CREDO >> *krei4u
-- FIDES >> *fei4
o: > ou
-- MO:TUS >> *moudz/*mouts#
E: > iE
-- METUS >> *miEdz/*miEts#
O: > uO
-- COR >> *kuO4
a: > &: > E@
-- *a:mat > E@mat
Q: > O@
-- *Q:m > O@m
a > @ / _C*#
-- *E@mat > E@m@t
E@ > ia -- _hiamet_
O@ > ua -- _huam_
Doh, I really don't have time for this!
/BP 8^)>
--
Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch atte melroch dotte se
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