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Re: terminal dialect?

From:Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 30, 1999, 6:25
John Cowan wrote:

> Joshua Shinavier scripsit: > > > I know Icelandic hasn't changed much for > > hundreds and hundreds of years, but I wonder if this isn't due more t=
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> > linguistic conservatism and the small number of speakers than anythin=
g else...
> > Actually, the least stable part of the language has been the phonology, > which has changed radically. The vowels are the main issue, but I do > not have details. Anyone who can map Icelandic orthography to > IPA?
Not really, but I know a little bit. I think I remember correctly that the <=E1> has become a diphthong /au/, and IIRC, I think in some situatio= ns (maybe all) <y> (high front rounded vowel), has unrounded, producing /i/ instead. But my memory's very fuzzy about the details. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Tom Wier <artabanos@...> ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: Deuterotom Website: <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." There's nothing particularly wrong with the proletariat. It's the hamburgers of the proletariat that I have a problem with. - Alfred Wallace =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D