Aaldrisch Wiki:Evolution of Aaldrisch

This is a page noting all the major changes of words when they enter into Aaldrisch, and the evolution of Aaldrisch as it lives.

Devolution
Devolution is a term meaning the delegation of powers from a central government to regional governments, but I have used its "false meaning" of "de-evolution" to describe how sounds simplify when they enter Aaldrisch. Many words underwent devolution on 30 October 2020, in what I am calling the Great Devolution

/ks/ and /s/
The sounds /ks/ (example) and /ʃ/ (sheep), written as ks and sj in Aaldrisch respectively, usually simplified when the word that contains the sound is borrowed into Aaldrisch. They are related so I am putting them in the same subheading.


 * /ks/
 * /ks/ -> /k/: This is most notable in the word "acceleration", which was borrowed into Aaldrisch as akelerason. It also shows a devolution of /ʃ/.
 * /ʃ/
 * /ʃ/ -> /s/: Again, akelerason displays this. The word was originally written akelerasjon keeping the /ʃ/ sound but it simply didn't sound good when pronouncing the word. A different example is the word direkson, meaning the path of a moving object. (The other meaning of "direction", "order or command", was borrowed differently below.) Other examples include:
 * delisju -> delissu
 * fleisjt -> flest

Other Consonants

 * /h/ (H-dropping): stanhalm -> stannalm, flughafen -> fluggafen
 * /kj/ -> /k/: kjatjo -> katto
 * /tʃ/ -> /t/: kjatjo -> katto, inotjie -> inotti

Zero Copula
The copula is the verb which links a subject to a subject complement; in other words, the word "be". Aaldrisch does in fact have a form of this word, is, but nobody used it so it's practically gone now.

The Grand Reform
On 2 March 2021, Aaldrisch - which had been inactive for some time - had the Grand Reform, which changed spelling and pronunciation significantly. Notably:
 * Long vowels are denoted by doubling the vowel. Any instances of double vowels without gemination are removed or changed to reflect their true pronounciation: een "a / an" -> in
 * /u/ (spelled as  ; not in other cases), /ur/, and /io/ become /y/, being spelled as : kurba "curve" -> kyba, giolene "golden" -> gylenn.
 * /ru/ becomes /u/, being spelled as : kruaas "crush" -> koeaas
 * Word-final /i/ is spelled as : bisi "busy" -> bisie.
 * Word-finaly /e/ is dropped, and the vowel preceding it is geminated: yume "dream" -> ymm, gelle "get" -> gell.