Elementi per la datazione dell’abbassamento dei dittonghi derivanti da */ↄ/ ed */ɛ/ del latino volgare in friulano
Elements for Dating the Lowering of Diphthongs Deriving from */ↄ/ and */ɛ/ from Vulgar Latin in Friulian

Summary/Abstract: Based on the analysis of 14th and 15th century Friulian texts, we conclude that the Friulian diphthong [wɛ] deriving from Vulgar Latin */ɔ/ had already evolved into [wa] in _ɾC or _r contexts in virtually the entire Friulian area by the end of the 14th century. In the same contexts, the transformation of the diphthong [jɛ] deriving from Vulgar Latin */ɛ/ into [ja] was still in process in the two main urban centers of Friuli (that is, Cividale − whose local variety of Friulian was perhaps at a more advanced stage of change − and Udine), while it had not got to the small towns of the Northern plains (Gemona, Venzone).

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