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Varyan Language Guide

Basic Classification and Sound Changes

• Aryo-Adric
  • Ryto-Slavic
    • Slavic
      • East Slavic
        • Varyan

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

Isoglosses	Varyan			Belovaryan	Severian			Zelenovaryan	Examples
	Central (Standard)	Eastern	Halichan		Central (Standard)	Southern	Northern
reduction of unstressed /o/ (akanye)	no		yes				no
pretonic /ʲe/ (yakanye)	/ʲɛ/		/ʲæ/	/ʲa/		/ʲi/	/ʲe/	/e/	Stan. Var. źämľá/зҍмля́ /ʑɛˈmʎa/, Sev. земля́ /zʲiˈmlʲa/, Belov. ziamliá/зямля́ /zʲaˈmlʲa/, Zelenov. zemľá/земля́ /zeˈmlʲa/ "earth"
Proto-Slavic *i	/i/							/ɪ/	Stan. Var. ľist/ліст /ˈʎist/, Sev. лист /ˈlʲist/, Belov. ľist/ліст /ˈlʲist/, Zelenov. lyst/лист /ˈlɪst/ "leaf"
Proto-Slavic *y	/ɨ/
stressed CoC	/ɔ~u/	/œ/	/o/					/i/	Stan. Var. nòč/но̀ч /ˈnɔt͡ʃ/ Sev. ночь /ˈnot͡ɕ/, Belov. noč/ноч /ˈnot͡ʂ/, Zelenov. nič/ніч /ˈnʲit͡ʃ/ "night"
Proto-Slavic *ě	/ɛ~ʲɛ/		/ɛ/	/e/			/e̝~i̯ɛ~i/		Stan. Var. śa̋mia/сҍ́мя /ˈɕɛmʲa/ Sev. се́мя /ˈsʲemʲa/, Belov. siémia/се́мя /ˈsʲemʲa/, Zelenov. símja/сі́м'я /ˈsʲimja/ "seed"
Proto-Slavic *c	/t͡s, t͡ɕ/			/t͡s/				/t͡s, t͡sʲ/
Proto-Slavic *č	/t͡ʃ/		/t͡ʂ/		/t͡ɕ/			/t͡ʃ/	Stan. Var. čas/час /ˈt͡ʃas/ Sev. час /ˈt͡ɕas/, Belov. čas/час /ˈt͡ʂas/, Zelenov. čas/час /ˈt͡ʃas/ "time (of day)"

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, у

Vocabulary

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