Dan. [i]

Dan. [i]

It seems that both short and long [i] survived from Primitive Elvish in both dialects of Danian (PE19/25). In addition, [j] became [i] in Ossiriandic both initially and medially (PE19/19, 23), though it is possible that the change initially was simply an orthographic convention similar to Noldorin [j], written “i” initially.

References ✧ PE19/19, 23

Variations

Element In

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶-khj- > -(i) [-kʰj-] > [-xj-] > [-j-] > [-i-] ✧ PE19/23

Phonetic Development

Dan. [j] became [i] in Ossiriandic i < j ✧ PE19/19 (j- > i-); PE19/23 (-j- > -i-)