User talk:Elector Dark/Vestlenskt

V1&V2
What has been your thoughts on how to tackle clusters like V1ðV2 and V1nV2? Currently, your rules applied would give us a pattern of schwas, which I don't think will exist for very long. Take the word elskaði  (sing. 1p past tense of elska), it would likely change into something like elskəðə. I'm not sure how similar the grammar of Vestlenskt is to Old Norse (since you have been working with your own independent branches iirc), but this would likely cause a lot of mergers to happen in declensional system, unless you are specifically going for a Danish-esque route. Thoughts?

​Ælfwine (talk) 01:55, November 26, 2016 (UTC)

I haven't done more detailed work on the grammar but Vestlenskt is supposed to be a descendant of Vāgøgjaskt in a slice of western Norway. I haven't worked out any of the specifics, either, but a contraction of the inflection system is pretty much what I intended, somewhere on the scale between Faroese and western Norwegian irl. 11:15, November 22, 2016 (UTC) ~) The Elector, Darkness Immaculate

 

I've been thinking about how the grammar could contract on the scale between Faroese and Norwegian.

Perhaps a distinction between person would collapse, but number would be preserved. So say Faroese singular verbal forms contrast with their plurals, but not between first, second, and third person. Perhaps palatalization would become a morphonological feature that distinguishes say, /rɔʰtʃːə/- S with /rɔʰktːə/- p (From Faroese roykti/royktu respectively)

Ælfwine (talk) 07:09, February 24, 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, I can see that happening; you could also take a look at archaic Swedish dialects that still preserve number marking but have dropped person marking, even when standard Swedish lacks both. 17:03, February 26, 2017 (UTC) ~) The Elector, Darkness Immaculate