Gallo-Romance phonology
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Gallo-Romance phonology is the sound system characteristic of the Gallo-Romance branch of Romance languages, encompassing their distinctive vowel, consonant, and prosodic developments from Latin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gallo-Romance phonology canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Romance phonology
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historical phonology ⓘ phonological system ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Gallo-Romance languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristicOf |
Franco-Provençal
NERFINISHED
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Gallo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lorrain dialects ⓘ Modern French NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman language NERFINISHED ⓘ Old French NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Occitan NERFINISHED ⓘ Picard language NERFINISHED ⓘ Walloon language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Proto-Romance phonology
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Vulgar Latin phonology ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
assibilation of /t/ and /d/ before front vowels in some varieties
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complex syllable-final consonant clusters in Old French ⓘ complex system of oral vowels ⓘ contrast between fortis and lenis consonants in some dialects ⓘ contrast between open and close mid vowels ⓘ development of affricates from palatalized velars ⓘ development of liaison phenomena in French ⓘ development of uvular /ʁ/ in many French varieties ⓘ diphthongization of Latin /e/ and /o/ in stressed open syllables ⓘ diphthongization of stressed mid vowels in open syllables ⓘ extensive sandhi phenomena in connected speech ⓘ extensive vowel reduction in unstressed syllables ⓘ lenition of intervocalic stops ⓘ loss of Latin quantity distinction in vowels ⓘ loss of many final vowels ⓘ loss of most final consonants in French ⓘ merger of several Latin consonant phonemes ⓘ nasalization of vowels before nasal consonants ⓘ palatal lateral and palatal nasal consonants ⓘ palatalization of Latin /k/ and /g/ before /e i/ ⓘ palatalization of velar consonants before front vowels ⓘ phonemic nasal vowels in French ⓘ prosodic stress on the penultimate or final syllable in early stages ⓘ reduction of unstressed vowels to schwa in French ⓘ shift of stress patterns during the evolution to Modern French ⓘ spirantization of intervocalic stops ⓘ stress-based vowel quality alternations ⓘ voicing of intervocalic voiceless stops ⓘ |
| influenced |
phonology of English loanwords from French
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phonology of neighboring Oïl and Oc dialects ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Italo-Western Romance phonology ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Romance comparative linguistics
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historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subfieldOf | Romance linguistics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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