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Sound shifts: Cr > C / _# C > Cʲ / _[ɛ,e,i] a i u > ə / _[-stress] Elf’s grammar sketch for Celtic-Norse lang thingy

Nouns: feminine genitive to /-ər/. Verbs: Adjectives: Syntax:
 * Merge accusative and nominative case.
 * Generalize strong masculine and neuter genitive to /-ʲəs/,
 * Merge short ja stems with i-stems.
 * Preserve Subjunctive mood.
 * Collapse person but preserve number somehow.
 * Adjectives always follow the noun. Weak adjectives are lenited, strong adjectives are not.
 * *need more research*

Pronouns:

New male and female personal pronouns from demonstratives "sá" and "sú." Apparently this was already a tendency during Old Norse. Also, it looks damn Irish.

Articles:

The old indefinite article en (/ənˠ/ – from Old Norse einn) merges with the definite article an (/ənˠ/ – from Old Norse hinn) and subsequently falls out of use (probably due to Irish influence.) The definite article precedes the noun and causes lenition.

Observe:

/bˠarnˠ/ "child"

but

/ənˠ warnˠ/ "the child"

Causes of Lenition:

The article /ənˠ/

Causes of Eclipsis:

The preposition í.