Modern Shax

General Information
Modern Shax is a direct descendent of Old Shax. It has experienced heavy regularization of forms and a significant change in pronounciation of consonants (the reverse of Old French to Modern French in which vowels were mainly changed). Many English loans and a slight change in syntax have occured.

Sound Changes are at the bottom of the page

Sound Changes
V - vowel; C - consonant; acute accent - stressed; grave accent - unstressed; tilde - nasal vowel; O - open syllable; Ɵ - closed syllable; Ø - syllable; M – mono or bisyllabic words; L - liquid (j, l, r, w); P - plosive; D - voiced consonant (b, d, g, l, β, r); J - palatals (i, e, j); L₂ - [r] and [l]; F - fricative

''All changes apply to nasal vowels unless otherwise stated. The liquids [w] and [j] are considard vowels here. Note that a lost final consonant (C > ∅/_#) applies to a liaison rule where they don't count if the next words starts with a vowel, [j], [w], or [h]. '' Old Shax > Modern Shax P > ∅ / _# ! sp, sk, Vt ɸ > h / #_ s > z / V_V ! _j w > β ! C_ ʍ > h ! V_V > ∅ kt > ʃt VlCV > VCwV ! _(u, ɔ) > ∅, _w Vn > Ṽ / _C ! _(w, j, ʍ, n, m, ŋ) ĩ > ẽ p, t, k > b, d, g / V_(V/L₂), (L₂/V)_V ; b, d, g > β, ð, ɣ / V_(V/L₂), (L₂/V)_V sj, tj, dj, lj > ʃ, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, j: Loss of an intertonic vowel à, ɛ́, ɔ̀ > ɐ / Ò ; #_C ; C_# ɛ́ > e / O ; ɔ̀ > o/O sp, sk > ʃ / _# a > æ / Ɵ ! ã ɛ, e > jɛ / M ! N_, #_ ; ɔ, o > jɔ / M ! N_, #_ r > ʒ / _# ; r > ʝ / V_V; rj > d͡ʒ V̀ > ∅ / L_P β > b / #_ All geminates other than post-stressed syllable, intervocalic gemination is simplified ts > s / _# kj > tj/ _J ; gj > dj / _J l > j / _C ! J_, _d ; l > j/_# ɣJ > ʝ j:, jz, zj > ʝ; gi > ʝi è > i / #_, Ɵ ɔ > o / Ɵ_F β, ð, ɣ > ∅ / V_V (syllables still seperate) p, t, k > b, d, g / _# ; β, ð, ɣ > w, ∅, j / _#, V_V b, d, g > β, ð, ɣ / _# <-- Applies between words h > ∅ / C_ ã > æ̃ ; õ > ɔ̃ ; ẽ > ɛ̃; ũ̀ > ɛ̃ ! ɐ̃ ʝ > j / _J, J_ Another loss of intertonic vowels ɐ > ə / O ! ɐ̃ s > ∅ sC > s / _# æ > ɛ lenition with liaison rules: s > z | p, t, k > b, d, g | b, d, g > β, ð, ɣ ə, e, o > ∅ / _# h > ∅/in a liaison condition ––Based on nature of the connotation of the word, it's form will be standardized based on either nominative or base for all declensions/conjugations except with very common words nɔ pɛz hi ɛs ẽ tjɛj, hi tjɔs nɔm kɔsɛ́ sɛ̃ʃtíɸ. hi ta dʒɛn kəβjád. hi ta bwɛ̃s kɔsɛ́d hətjɛ̃́s ẽ tjɛ́ʒ si tjɛjs.

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