Balto-Slavic remain centum - impact on the rest of phonology?
-
- rupestrian
- Posts: 2
- Joined: 25 Jan 2021 19:38
Balto-Slavic remain centum - impact on the rest of phonology?
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?
If you were willing to see through the later developments (for instance, Slavic open syllable 'constraints', palatalisations, etc.) then not much.
Conlangs in progress:
Modern Khotanese
Modern Gandhari
?? - Japonic language in the Mekong Delta
Locna - Indo-European language in N. Syria
Wexford Norse
A British romlang, &c.
Modern Khotanese
Modern Gandhari
?? - Japonic language in the Mekong Delta
Locna - Indo-European language in N. Syria
Wexford Norse
A British romlang, &c.
-
- hieroglyphic
- Posts: 58
- Joined: 27 Nov 2019 19:48
Re: Balto-Slavic remain centum - impact on the rest of phonology?
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.
I did it. I made the world's worst book blog.