User:Thiswascreatedforthis/ProtoLangDialects

This is a page detailing the dialects which lead into new languages for this Proto-Lang I developed.

Grammaticalized vs Non-Grammaticalized
All dialects fall into either the Grammaticalized category or the Non-Grammaticalized. Grammaticalized dialects force the affricates to become plosives or fricatives depending on their position in the root. This dialect tries to maintain the structure F(vP)vNP because it is viewed as grammatically correct. In essence the speakers misinterpreted the language's phonotactics and created an incorrect rule. So /b͡ʋib͡vaɾ/ -> /ʋibaɾ/. b͡ʋ is in the fricative position so it becomes ʋ and b͡v is in the plosive position so it becomes b. These dialects are less likely to invent new endings and marker's because the culture they are placed in had more emphasis on grammar rules.

Non-grammaticalized dialects are any other dialects that do not try to follow this rule.

Fronting vs backing
Certain consonants such as ʒ and ð sound very similar and dialects will choose to only use one or the other. Fronting dialects prefer to keep the consonant that is farther front in the mouth, while backing dialects choose the consonant in the back of the mouth.