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This is the most conservative branch of the family. It fills a gap early on and thus becomes stable. | This is the most conservative branch of the family. It fills a gap early on and thus becomes stable. | ||
#The labialized consonants ''kʷ ŋʷ'' shifted to ''' | #The labialized consonants ''kʷ ŋʷ'' shifted to '''pʷ mʷ''' before /a ə/ (the "shadow" shift), and otherwise to '''k ŋ''' (thus filling the gap). At the surface level, the latter shift was about IPA [y] shifting to [i] and IPA [u] staying as it was; that is, kʷu > ku was just a matter of analysis. | ||
#Meanwhile the labial fricative ''ɸ'' shifted to '''h''' before any /i u/. | |||
#The labial approximant ''w'' became '''b''' before /a ə/ and possibly in limited circumstances also before /i/ or /u/ (note that it is very common before these high vowels but was usually not audible, as it simply produced a rounded vowel; the exceptions would be in vowel sequences). | |||
Revision as of 04:47, 9 October 2025
This is not the original Birch, but ratehr a languyage that ios spoekn in Mevumep.
Conosnnats
Rounded bilabials: pʷ mʷ ɸ w /a i u ə/ Spread bilabials: p m /a ə/ Linguolabials: pʲ mʲ /a i u ə/ Dentals: ṭ ṇ /a u ə/ Rounded alveolars: sʷ rʷ /a i u ə/ Plain alveolars: t n s l r /a ə/ Palatoalveolars: č ň š λ ř /a i u ə/ Palatals: ś y /a i u ə/ Palatovelars: ć ń / i / Velars: k ŋ h (Ø) /a ə/ Labiovelars: kʷ ŋʷ /a i u ə/
All four vowels could occur long, but unlike Play there were no superheavy syllables.
Northern Branch P
This is the most conservative branch of the family. It fills a gap early on and thus becomes stable.
- The labialized consonants kʷ ŋʷ shifted to pʷ mʷ before /a ə/ (the "shadow" shift), and otherwise to k ŋ (thus filling the gap). At the surface level, the latter shift was about IPA [y] shifting to [i] and IPA [u] staying as it was; that is, kʷu > ku was just a matter of analysis.
- Meanwhile the labial fricative ɸ shifted to h before any /i u/.
- The labial approximant w became b before /a ə/ and possibly in limited circumstances also before /i/ or /u/ (note that it is very common before these high vowels but was usually not audible, as it simply produced a rounded vowel; the exceptions would be in vowel sequences).
