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  • 4 - Diachronic Processes in Central Chadic Language Evolution

  • H. Ekkehard Wolff, Universität Leipzig
  • Book:
    A Historical Phonology of Central Chadic
    Published online:
    26 May 2022
    Print publication:
    02 June 2022, pp 133-157

  • Summary

    Chapter 4 focuses on the actual diachronic processes affecting PCC reconstructions to yield surface representations in modern Central Chadic languages. Among these, in particular, processes of vowel epenthesis, the prosodic ‘colouring’ of both phonemic */a/ and pro- and epenthetic vowels, the syllabification of weak radicals (*/y/, */w/), and the occasional intersegmental fusion of features. It discusses the diachronic phonemicisation of allophones to yield the surface vowels of modern Central Chadic languages, and explains instances of the emergence of long vowels.