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{{see also|Rokadong phonology}}
{{see also|Rokadong phonology}}
'''Rokadong''', being a language spoken across many natural barriers, has a large number of dialects. The official dialect of the Quill Kingdom, from which the language originates, is called ''Pahang'', but there are many other important dialects, organized into three broad varieties: ''Continental'', ''Coastal'', and ''Oceanic''. Inter-dialectal intelligibility is relatively high within varieties, and while speakers of each variety have more difficulty understanding speakers of the other two varieties, their language is still generally intelligible, so it is considered one language for all intents and purposes.
[[Rokadong]], being a language spoken across many natural barriers, has a large number of dialects. The official dialect of the Quill Kingdom, from which the language originates, is called ''Pahang'', but there are many other important dialects, organized into three broad varieties: ''Continental'', ''Coastal'', and ''Oceanic''. Inter-dialectal intelligibility is relatively high within varieties, and while speakers of each variety have more difficulty understanding speakers of the other two varieties, their language is still generally intelligible, so it is considered one language for all intents and purposes.


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In oceanic Rokadong, the two pairs of allophones are usually in free variation, not following the phonotactical rules of coastal Rokadong. Kihiteláh Rokadong speakers, for example, regularly use the non-sibilant in the suffix ''-sona'', despite the /s/ in that suffix being an onset. Lerabteláh Rokadong, on the other hand, takes the relatively radical approach of merging all four phones, using [s] intervocalically and adjacent to unvoiced consonants, and [z] adjacent to voiced consonants.
In oceanic Rokadong, the two pairs of allophones are usually in free variation, not following the phonotactical rules of coastal Rokadong. Kihiteláh Rokadong speakers, for example, regularly use the non-sibilant in the suffix ''-sona'', despite the /s/ in that suffix being an onset. Lerabteláh Rokadong, on the other hand, takes the relatively radical approach of merging all four phones, using [s] intervocalically and adjacent to unvoiced consonants, and [z] adjacent to voiced consonants.
===Disyllabic reduction===
Dialects with this sound change are characterized by removing the first vowel of the sequence /CVCV/, where each C and each V are the same, for at least one consonant. However, it is not reduced at the beginning of a word, though in some dialects the first V is instead epenthesized with the first C. Either way, the result is a geminate consonant /(V)CːV/.
However, Lerabtelah is unique in that the sequence /kukV/ also is reduced for any V, not just /u/, and in that /l ɾ/ are considered the same phoneme for this sound change, turning any combination of those two consonants into [r], much as with Pahang Rokadong /lɾ ɾl/.
Disyllabic reduction is rarely written orthographically, though it can be specified using the coda glottal stop letter {{roka|'}}, which phonetically creates geminate plosives even in dialects without this sound change, in place of the first consonant and its diacritic.
In order, the most common consonants this change can apply to are /k t s p ʃ ɾ l f/. Only one needs to be present for the dialect to be said to exhibit disyllabic reduction. This sound change can occasionally happen in dialects not said to exhibit disyllabic reduction due to talking speed and/or prosody - a dialect is said to have disyllabic reduction only if this sound change is applied for slow and/or careful speech.
Interestingly, free variation ''tékuhasa'' dialects rarely apply both that sound change and disyllabic reduction on the same sequence - that is, [sː] is more common than [θː].
===''Íkon''===
''Íkon'' (literally "i-ing") is a phenomenon where the vowel /i/, as well as the diphthongs /ja jo ju/, causes the preceding consonant to palatalize. In most dialects, this depends on either what the preceding consonant is, what the vowel is, or both.
In most dialects with ''íkon'', only the /jV/ glides will palatalize a consonant unless that consonant is a sibilant. These are marked with a "~". In these dialects, usually the /j/ is either shortened or completely absent, in favor of palatalization, and depending on the consonant. For example: in Pahang Rokadong, the /j/ is shortened [ʲ] when the preceding consonant is a plosive (including /t͡ʃ d͡ʒ ɾ/) or labial fricative, and absorbed when the preceding consonant is anything else. While the plosives and fricative /tʃ d͡ʒ ʃ/ are already considered palatal, they may still palatalize further, to [ɕ tɕ dʑ] (also written [tʃʲ d͡ʒʲ ʃʲ]), in some dialects.
In some dialects, such as Ahotélah Rokadong, /jV/ and /i/ both cause ''íkon'', and the effect is more pronounced. For example: in Ahotélah Rokadong, /j/ is absorbed for all non-labial consonants.


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