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 |  |  | 4000 years ago: Encyclopedia II - Proto-Germanic language - Phonology
Proto-Germanic language - Consonants.
Since the fricatives ƀ, đ, ǥ are not in phonological contrast with voiced stops, they are also written as simple b, d, g.
The most notable change in the Germanic languages, Grimm's law, is a chain shift of the stop consonants:
/p/ > /f/; /b/ > /p/; /bʰ/ > /b/
/t/ > See also:Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic language - Evolution of Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic language - Hybridization as conjectured cause, Proto-Germanic language - Non-Indo-European elements, Proto-Germanic language - Phonology, Proto-Germanic language - Consonants, Proto-Germanic language - Vowels, Proto-Germanic language - Morphology, Proto-Germanic language - Simplification of the inflectional system, Proto-Germanic language - Nouns, Proto-Germanic language - Adjectives, Proto-Germanic language - Determiners Read more here: » Proto-Germanic language: Encyclopedia II - Proto-Germanic language - Phonology |
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 |  |  | 4000 years ago: Encyclopedia II - Proto-Germanic language - Evolution of Proto-GermanicIndo-European speakers are thought by some scholars to have arrived at the plains of southern Sweden and Denmark, regarded to be the original dwelling-place of the Germanic peoples, during the early Bronze Age (about 4000 years ago). This is the only area where no pre-Germanic place names have been found. The Battle-axe people is the best candidate for this immigration.
Another characteristic is various sound shifts called Grimm's law, which, due to the fact that it also affected Celtic loan words, probably began around 500 BC and must have been completed by the 2 ...
See also:Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic language - Evolution of Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic language - Hybridization as conjectured cause, Proto-Germanic language - Non-Indo-European elements, Proto-Germanic language - Phonology, Proto-Germanic language - Consonants, Proto-Germanic language - Vowels, Proto-Germanic language - Morphology, Proto-Germanic language - Simplification of the inflectional system, Proto-Germanic language - Nouns, Proto-Germanic language - Adjectives, Proto-Germanic language - Determiners Read more here: » Proto-Germanic language: Encyclopedia II - Proto-Germanic language - Evolution of Proto-Germanic |
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