Old Shax/Sound Change

Shax, like French, changed significantly from Latin. Here are the sound changes for why:

Sound Changes
Some words will not follow this exact pattern. V = vowels; C = consonants; P = plosives; F = fricative; G = glide;O = open syllable; Ɵ = closed syllable

acutes = stressed; graves = unstressed

geminates are written twice

Classic Latin > Vulgar Latin yː, ʏ > iː, ɪ pʰ > f; tʰ > t; kʰ > x h > ∅ (w, b) > β/V_V; w > v/#_, _# ɪ, ʊ > e, o éː > eɪ̯ iː, èː > i uː, oː > u aː > a oe > oi̯ ai > i au > æʊ̯ (i, e) > j/_V, V_!_i, i_ (o) > w/_V, V_!_u, _u C > ∅/F, G V̀ > ∅/C_C!CC_, _CC, #C_

Vulgar Latin > Mauritanian Romance t > t͡ʃ/_(i, e); tj > t͡ʃ d > d͡ʒ/_(i, e); dj > d͡ʒ β > v é, ó > i, u; è, ò > ɛ, ɔ s > z/V_V st > s/_C, C_ st > zd > z/V_V (ŋn, nj, jn) > ɲ (jl, lj) > ʎ kt > kj Pl > Pr b > β/V_V; d > ð/V_V; g > ɣ/V_V b > v/#_; d > ð/#_; g > j/#_ k > x/V_V, V_# sr, zr > ʃ, ʒ; nr > dr; lr > rr Mauritanian Romance > Semitic-Mauritanian Romance ʕ > ∅ tˤ > tt; dˤ > dd; sˤ > zz; zˤ > dd ħ > h ʔ > ∅/#_, _# ʔ > k ɮˤ > dˤ ɟ > d͡ʒ ɕ > ʃ q > g χ > x ʁ > ɣ j > ∅/_i; w > ∅/_(u, o, ɔ) ā > a ī > i ū > u ɛ, ɔ > a, u Semitic-Mauritanian Romance > Shax kʷ > gʷ/V_V kʷ, gʷ > k, g/_u b > m/_#; d > n/_#; g > ŋ/_# í > i/O; í > ɨ/Ɵ; ì > ɪ/O; ì > ∅/Ɵ; i > ɨ/_#; i > ɪ/#_, #_# ú > u/O; ú > uᵝ/Ɵ; ù > ʏ/O; ù > ∅/Ɵ; u > uᵝ/_#; u > ʏ/#_, #_# á > a/O, Ɵ; à > ə/O; à > ∅/Ɵ; a > ə/#_, #_#, _# ll > ʎ; jj > d͡ʒ; CC > C (same consonants) v > b/#_; ð > d/#_ C̬ > C̥/_#!(j, w, l, r, m, n, ɲ, ŋ, ʎ) (p, t, k) > ∅/CV_V(C)!_# V̀ > ∅/#_ ɣ > ∅ unrounded vowel+rounded vowel > æʊ̯!i > j/_V rounded vowel+ unrounded vowel > oɪ̯!u > w/_V unrounded vowel + unrounded vowel > eɪ̯!i > j/V_ kj > t͡ʃ β > v; ð > z ʎ > j/_#; ɲ > ŋ/_#