Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : [ɣ]

✶[ɣ] ‹ʒ›

Remained only as intervocalic development of [ŋ] @@@

References ✧ PE18/82, 89, 102-105; PE19/69, 72-73, 95, 100-101; VT39/17; VT47/6; VT48/26

Variations

Changes

Element In

Phonetic Development

✶medial [ŋ] usually became [ɣ]	VɣV	<	VŋV	✧ PE18/102 (ŋ > ʒ); PE19/72 (ñ > ʒ; denasalized medially between vowels); PE19/95 (ñ > ʒ; between vowels or before r, l)
	xs	>	xs	✧ VT47/12 (ʒ > χ; before t and s])
Ilk. initial [ŋ], [ɣ] became [g]	ɣ-	>	g-	✧ PE18/105 (ʒ > h)
OS. initial [ɣ]/[h] vanished	ɣ-	>	ø-	✧ PE18/105 (ʒ > [ø]); PE18/104 (ʒ > [ø]; initially)
✶[ŋŋ], [ŋɣ] became [ŋg]	ŋɣ	>	ŋg	✧ PE18/102 (ʒ > g; after a nasal)
✶[ɣ] became [h] before voiceless consonants	xtʰ	>	xtʰ	✧ PE18/82 (ʒ > h; before voiceless consonants); PE18/89 (ʒt > ht)
✶medial [ɣ]/[h] vanished except before [t]	-ɣ-	>	-ø-	✧ VT47/6 (ʒ > [ø])
✶medial [ɣ]/[h] vanished except before [t]	aɣC	>	āC	✧ VT47/12 (ʒ > [V̄ø]; before other consonants [not s, t])
✶[hs] became [ss]	hs	>	ss	✧ PE18/104 (ʒs > ss)
Q. [ɣ] from [g] vanished	ɣ	>	ø	✧ PE18/105 (ʒ > [ø])
T. initial [ɣ] became [h]	ɣ-	>	h-	✧ PE18/103 (ʒ > h; initially); PE18/105 (ʒ > h)

ᴹ✶[ɣ] ‹ʒ›

References ✧ PE18/30, 54, 59, 104; PE19/19, 23, 30, 38, 50-51

Variations

Element In

Phonetic Development

ᴹ✶medial [ŋ] usually became [ɣ]	VɣV	<	VŋV	✧ PE18/54 (ŋ > ʒ)
ᴹ✶medial [ŋ] usually became [ɣ]	ɣr	<	ŋr	✧ PE18/54 (ŋr > ʒr)
ᴹ✶medial [ŋ] usually became [ɣ]	ɣl	<	ŋl	✧ PE18/54 (ŋl > ʒl)
ᴹ✶medial [ŋ] usually became [ɣ]	ɣs	<	ŋs	✧ PE18/54 (ŋs > ʒs)
Dan. [ŋ], [ɣ] became [g]	ɣ	>	g	✧ PE19/19 (ʒ- > g-); PE19/19 (ʒ- > g-); PE19/23 (-ʒ- > -g-); PE19/23 (-ʒ- > -g-)
Ilk. [h] vanished before consonants lengthening the preceding vowel	Vht	>	V̄t	✧ PE18/104 (ʒt > ´t)
Ilk. initial [ŋ], [ɣ] became [g]	ɣ-	>	g-	✧ PE19/19 (ʒ- > g-)
Ilk. [ɣ] vanished	ɣ	>	ø	✧ PE19/23 (-ʒ- > -)
ᴹ✶[ŋŋ], [ŋɣ] became [ŋg]	ŋɣ	>	ŋg	✧ PE19/50 (ñʒ > ñg)
ᴹ✶[ɣ] became [h] before voiceless consonants	ɣs	>	hs	✧ PE18/54 (ʒs > hs); PE19/51 (ʒs > hs)
ᴹ✶[ɣ] became [h] before voiceless consonants	ɣt	>	xt	✧ PE18/59 (ʒt > ht)
ᴹQ. [ɣ] from [g] vanished	ɣ	>	ø	✧ PE19/38 (ʒw > w); PE19/38 (ʒ > ø; initial)
ON. [ɣ] vanished	ɣ-	>	ø-	✧ PE19/19 (ʒ- > -)
ON. [ɣ] vanished	ɣ	>	ø	✧ PE19/23 (-ʒ- > -)

ᴱ✶[ɣʷ] ‹ʒw›

References ✧ PE12/12, 15

Element In

Phonetic Development

	ɣʷu	>	ū	✧ PE12/12 ((ū̆)ẇū̆ > ū)
ᴱQ. [ɣʷ] became [w]	ɣʷ	>	w	✧ PE12/16 (ɣ͡w > ẇ; medial)
ᴱT. intervocalic [gʷ], [xʷ], [ɣʷ] became [v]	VɣʷV	>	VvV	✧ PE12/16 (ɣ͡w > v; medial)

ᴱQ. voiced spirants becames stops after liquids, nasals and [z]	lɣ	>	lg	✧ PE12/24 (lɣ > lg)
ᴱQ. voiced spirants becames stops after liquids, nasals and [z]	rɣ	>	rg	✧ PE12/24 (rɣ > rg)
ᴱQ. voiced spirants becames stops after liquids, nasals and [z]	ŋɣ	>	ŋg	✧ PE12/24 (ŋɣ > ng)
ᴱQ. voiced spirants becames stops after liquids, nasals and [z]	zɣ	>	zg	✧ PE12/24 (zɣ > rg)
ᴱQ. [ɣ] otherwise vanished	ɣ	>	ø	✧ PE12/16 (ɣ > -; medial)