الجمعة، 19 أبريل 2013

Phonological history of English

The phonological history of English describes changing phonology of the English language over time, starting from its roots in proto-Germanic to diverse changes in different dialects of modern English.

Within each section, changes are in approximate chronological order.

NOTE: In the following description, abbreviations are used as follows:

    OE = Old English
    PreOE = Pre-Old English
    ME = Middle English
    NE = Modern English
    PG = Proto-Germanic


   

    PrePG = Pre-Proto-Germanic

    NWG = Northwest Germanic
    OHG = Old High German
    MHG = Middle High German
    NHG = Modern German

   

    Goth = Gothic

    PN = Proto-Norse
    ON = Old Norse
    OS = Old Saxon
    PIE = Proto-Indo-European


   

The time periods for many of the following stages are extremely short due to the extensive population movements occurring during the early AD period, which resulted in rapid dialect fragmentation:

    The migration of the Goths from southeast Sweden to the Baltic Sea area around AD 1,[dubious – discuss] followed by the migration to southeast Romania around AD 200. (Later migrations carried the Crimean Goths eastward to the Crimea area in modern Ukraine, the Ostrogoths to Italy, and carried the Visigoths westward to Spain.)
    The migration of the High German ancestors southward, starting around AD 260, and renewed in the 5th century AD.
    The migration of the Anglo-Saxons westward into Britain, starting around AD 450.

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