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In the Lõis timeline, '''Inland North Czech''' is a Common Czech descendant spoken by an Amish-like Christian sect descended from the Bohemian Brethren in Canada and the Inland North area of the United States. It shares certain vowel shifts with Inland North English (which is also the standard Canadian accent in Lõis) and has a stratum of Dutch and Low German loanwords. | In the Lõis timeline, '''Inland North Czech''' (natively /ˈtʃɜʃcena/) is a Common Czech descendant spoken by an Amish-like Christian sect descended from the Bohemian Brethren in Canada and the Inland North area of the United States. It shares certain vowel shifts with Inland North English (which is also the standard Canadian accent in Lõis) and has a stratum of Dutch and Low German loanwords. The everyday spoken register of Inland North Czech is in diglossia with the liturgical language which is based on the Kralice Bible. | ||
This page will only describe the phonology. | This page will only describe the phonology. | ||
== Phonology == | == Phonology == | ||
=== Consonants === | === Consonants === | ||
Mostly the same as Standard Czech; preserves the distinction between ł and l as [ʁ] and [l~ɫ] | |||
=== Vowels === | === Vowels === | ||
Inland North Czech has lost vowel length, having changed the length distinction into a quality/diphthong distinction. | Inland North Czech has lost vowel length, having changed the length distinction into a quality/diphthong distinction. | ||
a -> a | |||
á -> eæ̯ | |||
e -> ɜ | |||
é -> iɪ | |||
ou and initial ú -> o | |||
u -> ɯ | |||
ů -> u | |||
i/y -> e | |||
í/ý -> ɛi | |||
=== Kralice Bible reading tradition === | === Kralice Bible reading tradition === | ||
[[Category:Slavic languages]] | [[Category:Slavic languages]] | ||
Revision as of 18:17, 25 August 2024
In the Lõis timeline, Inland North Czech (natively /ˈtʃɜʃcena/) is a Common Czech descendant spoken by an Amish-like Christian sect descended from the Bohemian Brethren in Canada and the Inland North area of the United States. It shares certain vowel shifts with Inland North English (which is also the standard Canadian accent in Lõis) and has a stratum of Dutch and Low German loanwords. The everyday spoken register of Inland North Czech is in diglossia with the liturgical language which is based on the Kralice Bible.
This page will only describe the phonology.
Phonology
Consonants
Mostly the same as Standard Czech; preserves the distinction between ł and l as [ʁ] and [l~ɫ]
Vowels
Inland North Czech has lost vowel length, having changed the length distinction into a quality/diphthong distinction.
a -> a á -> eæ̯ e -> ɜ é -> iɪ ou and initial ú -> o u -> ɯ ů -> u i/y -> e í/ý -> ɛi