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==Amísreg== | ==Modern Amísreg== | ||
See [[Sowaár#Phonology|main article]]. | See [[Sowaár#Phonology|main article]]. | ||
==Conservative Amísreg== | ==Conservative Amísreg== | ||
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Conservative Amísreg retains the Classical Sowaár 3-tone system in a simplified form, which moderners perceive as affected. | Conservative Amísreg retains the Classical Sowaár 3-tone system in a simplified form, which moderners perceive as affected. | ||
*Classical Sowaár: á, a, à, áa, aà, aá, aa | |||
*Conservative Amísreg: á, a, à, áa, aá, aa | |||
*Modern Amísreg: á, a, áa, aá, aa | |||
==New Urban== | ==New Urban== | ||
Revision as of 22:22, 3 June 2019
Modern Amísreg
See main article.
Conservative Amísreg
In Conservative Amísreg, the vowels o oo are consistently [o o:], and a aa are less back [ä ä:].
r may be pronounced as a trill, [r] or [ɽr] in addition to retroflex fricative, approximant or lateral approximant realizations.
Conservative Amísreg retains the Classical Sowaár 3-tone system in a simplified form, which moderners perceive as affected.
- Classical Sowaár: á, a, à, áa, aà, aá, aa
- Conservative Amísreg: á, a, à, áa, aá, aa
- Modern Amísreg: á, a, áa, aá, aa
New Urban
The phonology is based on High Sowaár, with a few differences.
- Plain unaspirated consonants become fully voiced.
- dr tr tr' are affricate [d͡ʐ t͡ʂ t͡ʂ'].
- dlr tlr tlr' łr become velar laterals gl kl kl' khl.
- nr r are much less retroflex than in High Sowaár.
- p may be pronounced [f].
- w may be pronounced [v] or [ʋ].
- Stress accent rather than pitch accent (as in Modern Greek).