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Balto-Slavic remain centum - impact on the rest of phonology?
Posted: 25 Jan 2021 21:52
by Arayik Tonikyan
If Balto Slavic langs stayed centum, would the rest of phonology be impacted in Slavic languages?
Re: Balto-Slavic remain centum - impact on the rest of phonology?
Posted: 26 Jan 2021 00:49
by dva_arla
If you were willing to see through the later developments (for instance, Slavic open syllable 'constraints', palatalisations, etc.) then not much.
Re: Balto-Slavic remain centum - impact on the rest of phonology?
Posted: 05 Feb 2021 15:30
by Backstroke_Italics
If you mean the Balto-Slavic satemization only was skipped, then Slavic wouldn't look that much different. The various waves of palatization would have affected the PIE palato-velars anyway. You would just see lots of /tS/ where modern Slavic languages have /s/. Latvian would be in much the same situation. Lithuanian, I believe, would be the only modern Balto-Slavic language with any PIE palato-velars realized as actual velars.