The Grand Master Plan for Germanech, version 1.0

Hi!

I just thought that I could post the Grand Master Plan for my Romance
conlang, Germanech, as it is.  I have just finished it; possibly, it
will undergo later changes, but for now, here it is.

Share and enjoy!

Jörg.

The Grand Master Plan for Germanech, version 1.0

(C) 2001 Jörg Rhiemeier

Key:

V:  long vowel
->  becomes
#   word boundary
$   syllable boundary
C   any consonant
V   any (short) vowel
R   any of {l,r,m,n}
T   any obstruent
A   any vowel other than _i_ or _e_
C*  zero or more consonants
C+  one or more consonants
0   deletion

"a,"o,"u  umlauted vowels (ä,ö,ü)

LATIN --> OLD GERMANECH

consonantal i -> j
consonantal u -> v

qu -> c /_A

e  -> ie /stressed
i  -> e
ae -> e
oe -> e

o  -> uo /stressed
u  -> o
au -> o

V: -> V

a  -> "a   /_C+{i,j}
o  -> "o   /_C+{i,j}
uo -> "u"o /_C+{i,j}
u  -> "u   /_C+{i,j}

The four rules above disregard u from <qu>.

p  -> f  /{V,l,r}_
t  -> z  /V_
c  -> ch /V_{A,C,#}
qu -> ch /V_
x  -> ch /V_

p -> pf /{#,m}_
t -> tz /{#,R}_

_tr_ is not affected by the rules above.

x -> c

OLD GERMANECH --> MIDDLE GERMANECH

The rules in this section only apply to unstressed vowels.

cA -> que
gA -> gue

i  -> j /_V
u  -> v /_V

V  -> e

cRe -> queR /_#
gRe -> gueR /_#
TRe -> TeR  /_#

ce -> cj /_#
ge -> gj /_#

e -> 0 /_#
e -> 0 /VR_C{V,#}

j -> 0 /C_# except C=c,d,g,t
j -> i /V_#

MIDDLE GERMANECH --> MODERN GERMANECH

i  -> ei
"u -> "au
u  -> au

ie   -> i
"u"o -> "u
uo   -> u

...brought to you by the Weeping Elf and the letter "ö"

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