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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

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. ziämľa/зӓмля́ /zʲɛˈmʎa/, Sev. земля́ /zʲiˈmlʲa/, Belov. зямля́ /zʲaˈmlʲa/, Zelenov. земля́ /zeˈmlʲa/ "earth"

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)