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====Consonants==== | ====Consonants==== | ||
Relatively little change is seen in the consonantal system. The loss of interdental fricatives is complete, after Early Middle Olgish drops voiceless // but retains voiced //. The Olgish fricative inventory experiences additional reduction in the loss of the voiceless velar fricative /x/, which merges with the voiced velar plosive //. The voiceless post-alveolar fricative //, already disappearing in Early Middle Olgish, is dropped fully, merging with /h/ between vowels and /s/ elsewhere. | Relatively little change is seen in the consonantal system. The loss of interdental fricatives is complete, after Early Middle Olgish drops voiceless /θ/ but retains voiced /ð/. The Olgish fricative inventory experiences additional reduction in the loss of the voiceless velar fricative /x/, which merges with the voiced velar plosive /ɡ/. The voiceless post-alveolar fricative /ʃ/, already disappearing in Early Middle Olgish, is dropped fully, merging with /h/ between vowels and /s/ elsewhere. The voiced alveolar fricative /z/ is likewise lost in all positions. | ||
==Morphology== | |||
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Prior to Fádin’s day, the most widely used writing system is the [[Old Olgish alphabet]], which more directly corresponds to the [[Old Olgish runes]]. Considered a mere style variant rather than an independent script, it is used alongside Lécaronian writing for centuries, only gradually falling in disfavour for its more cumbersome letter shapes. It remains in sporadic use until the [[Late Imperial Era]], particularly in the context of inscriptions, dedications, and other short texts meant to evoke the [[Lonsorigi#Book of Belkondíl|age of Olgish heroes]]. | Prior to Fádin’s day, the most widely used writing system is the [[Old Olgish alphabet]], which more directly corresponds to the [[Old Olgish runes]]. Considered a mere style variant rather than an independent script, it is used alongside Lécaronian writing for centuries, only gradually falling in disfavour for its more cumbersome letter shapes. It remains in sporadic use until the [[Late Imperial Era]], particularly in the context of inscriptions, dedications, and other short texts meant to evoke the [[Lonsorigi#Book of Belkondíl|age of Olgish heroes]]. | ||
==Language Sample== | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||