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Varangic Language Guide

Basic Classification and Sound Changes

• Aryo-Adric
  • Ryto-Slavic
    • Slavic
      • East Slavic
        • Varangic

Two major dialects: Eastern and Western Varangic

Sound Changes from Proto-Slavic

Common to East Slavic

• Loss of yers
  • strong *ь > /ʲe/
  • weak *ь > /ʲ/
  • strong *ъ > /o/
  • weak *ъ lost
• Loss of nasal vowels
  • P.S. *ǫ > /u/
  • P.S. *ę > /ʲa/
• Pleophony
  • CerC > CereC
  • CorC > CoroC
  • CelC, *ColC > ColoC
  • CьrC > CerC
  • CъrC > CorC
  • CьlC, *CъlC > ColC

Differences within East Slavic

• Absence of akanye
• yakanye - pretonic /ʲe/ > /ʲæ/ (Halichan), /ʲɛ/ (Central Varangic)
• stressed CoC > /ɔ/, /ɔɪ/ > /œ/ (eastern dialects only)
• P.S. *ě > /æ/ (Halichan), /ɛ/ (Central Varangic)
• Prothetis of initial /w/
• /uo ~ wo/ > /u/ (Standard Varangic), /œ/ (eastern dialects only)
• Metathesis of liquids with yers:
  • CrьC > CrɨC
  • ClьC > ClʲɨC
  • CrъC > CrɨC
  • ClъC > ClɨC
• Consonant shifts:
  • /g/ > /ɣ/ (similar to Belarusian and Ukrainian)
  • /v/ > /u̯ ~ w/

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Mid-open	e		o
Mid-open	ɛ		ɔ
Open		a

Orthography

• Two commonly-used alphabets (Latin and Cyrillic), with Latin used officially and Cyrillic in diaspora communities.

IPA	Condition	Latin	Cyrillic
u	normally	u	у
	from	ů, ú	ў

Vocabulary

• largely uses Erasmian pronunciation with regards to Greek loanwoards (similar to Polish and Belarusian taraškievica)