Re: Some Sound Changes

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:23:08 -0500, Alex Fink
<a4pq1injbok_0@...> wrote:

>On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:42:44 -0500, Jeffrey Jones
<jsjonesmiami@...>
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:24:13 -0500, Alex Fink
>><a4pq1injbok_0@...> wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:01:01 -0500, Jeffrey Jones
>><jsjonesmiami@...>
>>>wrote:
>>>>I just made a set of sound changes for yet another new project that I'd
like
>>>>opinions on. I don't think I have the correct form, but I hope it will be
>>>clear.
>>>
>>>Most of my observations were made by John V; I'd just add that in
>>>
>>>> 7. tj, dj > ts), dz)
>>>
>>>I'd expect /t_hj/ > /ts)_h/ as well, to later turn to /s/ in step 9.  I
>>>think langs with affricates and aspirated stops overwhelmingly have
>>>aspirated affricates, and your three stop series seem to pattern together
>>>before this.
>>
>>OK, I may have to change the order of some rules, since I'd like /t_hj/ to
come
>>out as [C], not [s].
>
>Right, that's your only source of [h], isn't it.  That makes things a bit
>trickier.  I think the solution, then, is not to make 11 later but to make
>10 earlier: before 7 so that [T] > [h] is out of the way for the
>palatalization of the dentals, but after 6 so that your new fricatives don't
>voice intervocalically.  How about this, also taking the opportunity to put
>both affrications together?
>
>...
> 6. s > z / V __ V
>6a. p_h, t_h, c_h, k_h, k_w_h, q_h > P, T, C, x, x_w, X
>    P, T > f, h
> 7. c, J\, C > tS), dZ), S
>    tj, dj > ts), dz)
>    sj, zj > S, Z
> 8. z > r
> 9. ts), dz) > s, z
>11. hj, hw > C, x_w
>    lj, lw > j, w
>    rj, rw > :j, :w
>...
>
>Alex
Here are all the revised rules:

Original Consonants
    [p]    [t]    [k]    [q]
    [b]    [d]    [g]
    [p_h]  [t_h]  [k_h]  [q_h]
    [m]    [n]
           [s]
           [l]
           [r]

Original Vowels
    [i]  [e]  [a]  [o]  [u]

The following sound changes are in historical order.

 0. i, u > j, w / V __ V	(rule added)
 1. i, u > j, w / __ V
 2. i, u > j, w / V __
 3. V > Vj / __ Cj
    V > Vw / __ Cw	(changed from C_w)
    i, e, o, u > ie, ea, oa, uo / __ q, __ q_h, __ r
 4. kj, gj, k_hj > c, J\, c_h
    k, g, k_h > c, J\, c_h / __ i, __ e
 5. ij, ej, aj, oj, uj > i, e, æ, ø, y / __ C 	(__ C added)
    iw, ew, aw, ow, uw > ju, jo, Au, o, u / __ C 	(__ C added)
    ie, ea, oa, uo > je, æ, wA, o
    a > A
 6. s > z / V __ V
-------- rearranged and renumbered --------
 7. p_h, t_h, c_h, k_h, k_w_h, q_h > P, T, C, x, x_w, X
 8. P, T > f, h
    c, J\, C > tS), dZ), S
    tj, dj > ts), dz)
    sj, zj > S, Z
 9. z > r
10. ts), dz) > s, z
-------------------------------------------
11. hj, hw > C, x_w
    lj, lw > j, w
    rj, rw > :j, :w
    kw, gw, k_hw > k_w, g_w, k_w_h
    nj > J	(rule added)
12. ø, y > e, i
13. q, X > k, x / __ j, __ i, __ e
14. n > N / __ k, __ g, __ k_w
    q > ?
15. i, u > 0 / VC __ CV --- but not always
    i, u > 0 / VC __ #
16. u, o, A, æ, e > 1, u, O, a, E
    Au > au
17. i, E, a, O, u, 1 > e, e, e, o, o, o / __ #
18. ? > 0 / __ #
    ?p, ?t, ?k, ?f, ?s, ?S, ?x, ?X > pp, tt, kk, ff, ss, SS, xx, XX
    ? == : / __ voiced consonant

Resulting Consonants
    p [p] t [t] tj [tS)] k(j) [k_j] k [k] kw [k_w]       | [?]
    b [b] d [d] dj [dZ)] g(j) [g_j] g [g] gw [g_w]
    f [f] s [s] sj [S]   xj   [C]   x [x] xw [x_w] q [X] h [h]
          z [z] zj [Z]
    m [m] n [n]          nj   [J]   n [N]
          l [l]          j    [j]         w  [w]
          r [r]

Resulting Vowels
    i [i] y [1] u [u]
    e [e]       o [o]
       a [a]

I think I took all the suggestions into account.

Jeff