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Varyan Language Guide
Basic Classification and Sound Changes
- Aryo-Adric
- Ryto-Slavic
- Slavic
- East Slavic
- Varyan
- East Slavic
- Slavic
- Ryto-Slavic
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/, | ||
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 |
Consonants
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 |
Grammar
Vocabulary
- largely uses Erasmian pronunciation with regards to Greek loanwoards (similar to Polish and Belarusian taraškievica)