Sindarin Phonetic Development (Part 1)
I’m working on creating detailed analysis of Sindarin phonetic development, and have decided to post preliminary work here, for these interested in early reviews and possibly giving me feedback. Here is the first such post, on the following phonetic change:
AT. short unstressed vowels vanished before [l], [r] to produce favored initial clusters; [{ptkpʰkʰbdgm}V₁{rl}V́₁-] > [{ptkpʰkʰbdgm}ø{rl}V́₁-]