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Revision as of 14:52, 19 July 2022
Braereth is actually a collection of three fairly mutually intelligible dialects. Classical Braereth was a Western Romance language spoken in pockets of mountainous areas from the Alps to the Carpathians until the mid-sixteenth century, when it fell out of use.
The modern language is still often written in the classical orthography, though the two dialects that have emerged from it sometimes diverge sharply. The dialect known as Tenibvreth is much more conservative to the original phonology. The Eomentesa dialect, however, has a sound that is much more similar to modern Iberian languages.
For the purposes of this text, We will use the Classical spelling of the language; where appropriate and necessary, dialectal forms will be shown in double-brackets, e.g. undix [unˈdi] ‘where’, but Tenibvrith ⟪ubvi⟫ [ˈuvi] or Eomentesa ⟪quondex⟫ [kwonˈde]. Specific differences in the phonologies of the two modern dialects are described under Phonology.
Phonology
Classical Braereth
Consonants | Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Vowels | Front | Back | |
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Plosive | p · b | t̪ · d̪ | c · ɟ | k · ɡ | High | i | u | ||
Affricate | · b͡β | t͡s · d͡z | t͡ʃ · d͡ʒ | Mid | e | o | |||
Fricative | ɸ · β | θ · [ð] | s · [z] | ʃ · (ʒ) | (x) · | Low | a | ||
Nasal | m | n̪ | ɲ | [ŋ] | Diphthongs | To Front | To Back | ||
Lateral | l̪ | ʎ | High | ui̯ | ou̯ | ||||
Trill | r [ɾ] | r̝ | Mid | ei̯ | eu̯ | ||||
Approximant | w | j | Low | ae̯ | au̯ |
* Characters in square brackets are allophones; they are not phonemic.
* Characters in parentheses only occur in borrowings.
Tenibvreth Dialect
The Tenibvreth dialect is marked by a weakening and near-complete deletion of final vowels, a strengthened palatal series, and diverse realizations of the lateral series. A large amount of the vocabulary is borrowed from Gothic and some other Germanic influences as well as Slavic.
Consonants | Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Dorsal | Vowels | Front | Back | |
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Plosive | p · b | t · d | k · ɡ | High | i, ɪ | u, ʊ | |||
Affricate | t͡s · d͡z | t͡ɕ · d͡ʑ | Mid | e | o | ||||
Fricative | f · v | θ · [ð] | s · z | ɕ · ʑ | χ · | Low | a, ə | ||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | [ŋ] | Diphthongs | To Front | To Back | ||
Lateral | l̪ | [ɬ] · ɮ | [ʎ] | [ɫ] | High | ui̯ | iu̯ | ||
Trill | r [ɾ] | r̝ | [ʀ] | Mid | eu̯ | ||||
Approximant | ʋ | j | Low | ai̯ | au̯ |
Eomentesa Dialect
Consonants | Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Dorsal | Vowels | Front | Back | |
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Plosive | p · b | t̪ · d̪ | k · ɡ | High | i | u, uː | |||
Affricate | t͡s · d͡z | Mid | e̞, e̞ː | o̞ | |||||
Fricative | f · v | θ · | s · z | (ç) · | Low | a | |||
Nasal | m | n̪ | [ŋ] | Diphthongs | To Front | To Back | |||
Lateral | l̪ | High | |||||||
Trill | r [ɾ] | Mid | |||||||
Low | au̯ |
Orthographic and Phonemic Mapping
Orth. | Brae. | Ten. | Eom. | Example | Classical | Tenibvreth | Eomentesa | Environment/Notes |
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a | a | a | a | ath ‘to’ | [aθ] | [aθ] | [ats] | |
ae | ae̯ | ai̯ | e̞ː | laectje ‘milk’ | [ˈl̪ae̯.cʧe̞] | [lai̯ʨ] | [l̪eːʦ] | |
aou | au̯ | au̯ | a.o̞ | saou ‘salt’ | [sau̯] | [sau̯] | [ˈsa.o̞] | Only occurs word-finally. |
au | au̯ | au̯ | au̯ | aubvru ‘tree’ | [au̯.b͡βru] | [au̯vʀ(ʊ)] | [ˈau̯.bro̞] | |
au | au̯ | au̯ | a.o̞ | normau ‘normal’ | [n̪orˈmau̯] | [norˈmau̯] | [n̪o̞rˈma.o̞] | /_# |
b | b | b | b | baclu ‘stick’ | [ˈba.kl̪u] | [bakɬ] | [ˈba.klo̞] | |
bl | bl̪ | bɮ | bl̪ | blancu ‘white’ | [ˈbl̪aŋ.ku] | [bɮaŋk] | [ˈbl̪aŋ.ko̞] | |
bv | b͡β | v | b | ribveu ‘level’ | [ri.ˈb͡βeu̯] | [riˈveu̯] | [riˈbe̞.o̞] | Only occurs word-internally. |
c | k | k | k | cou ‘with’ | [kou̯] | [ku] | [ko̞] | |
c | c | ʨ | ʦ | glacja ‘ice’ | [ˈɡl̪a.ca] | [ˈɡɮa.ʨa] | [ˈɡl̪a.ʦa] | /_{i,e} |
c | c | ʨ | s | centrau ‘central’ | [ce̞n̪ˈt̪ɾau̯] | [ʨenˈtɾau̯] | [sen̪ˈt̪ɾa.o̞] | /#_{i,e} |
cj | c | ʨ | ʦ | radjicja ‘root’ | [raˈʤi.ca] | [raˈʥiʨ(a)] | [raˈʣi.ʦa] | |
cj | c | ʨ | s | cjambiare ‘to change’ | [camˈbja.re] | [ʨamˈbjar̝] | [sam.biˈar] | /#_ |
cl | kl̪ | kɬ | kl̪ | clubvra ‘snake’ | [ˈkl̪u.b͡βra] | [ˈkɬu.vra] | [ˈkl̪u.bra] | |
ctj | cʃ | ʨ | ʦ | fruictju ‘fruit’ | [ˈɸrui̯.cʧu] | [ˈfruj.ʨ(ʊ)] | [ˈfruː.ʦo̞] | |
d | d̪ | d | d̪ | dente ‘tooth’ | [ˈd̪en̪.t̪e] | [denʨ] | [d̪e̞n̪t̪] | |
d | ð | ð | d̪ | cjaudu ‘hot’ | [ˈcau̯.ðu] | [ˈʨau̯ð(ʊ)] | [ˈsau̯.d̪o̞] | /S_S |