Influence of the middle low german phonological system and orthography on the language of the early latvian writings | Baltistica

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Pēteris Vanags

University of Latvia

Published 2026-01-28

https://doi.org/10.15388/baltistica.32.2.421

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old writings

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Vanags, P. (tran.) (2026) “Influence of the middle low german phonological system and orthography on the language of the early latvian writings”, Baltistica, 32(2), p. 165—178. doi:10.15388/baltistica.32.2.421.

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In this article, the author deals with the possible influence of the Low German phonological system and orthography tradition on the language of the Latvian writings in the 16^th–early 17^lh century. Three types of interference in the vowel system are discussed in the article: under-differentiation of the Latv. /e/ and /æ/ as well as /ē/, /æ/ and /ie/; over-differentiation, as separate phonemes, of the allophones [e] and [ö] of the phoneme /e/ and the allophones [i] and [ü] of the phoneme /i/ in a position next to labial consonants; substitution of Latv. [au] by Low German [ou].

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