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==Dialects== | ==Dialects== | ||
===Formal/Archaic=== | ===Formal/Archaic=== | ||
The Formal register of the language | The Formal register of the language, also called 'Old' because it's almost identical to Old Welsh Ierumidd, retains many features lost in the modern and standard forms. | ||
===Modern Standard=== | ===Modern Standard=== | ||
Standard is what's used here, it's a compromise between Formal and Colloquial, it mostly retains Formal phonology (with a few changes to be more understandable, like Archaic /au̯/ being /ɔ/, and /ɨ/) and vocab but with the grammatical changes the modern forms have, this is what's taught to foreign learners so they have the best of both. | Standard is what's used here, it's a compromise between Formal and Colloquial, it mostly retains Formal phonology (with a few changes to be more understandable, like Archaic /au̯/ being /ɔ/, and /ɨ/) and vocab but with the grammatical changes the modern forms have, this is what's taught to foreign learners so they have the best of both. |
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