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==Alphabet== | ==Alphabet== | ||
The Aarlaansk alphabet contains | The Aarlaansk alphabet contains 22 letters and 1 digraph that is considered a distinct letter: | ||
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | {| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | ||
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|a | |a | ||
|short [ | |short [ɑ] - long [a:] | ||
| | |short a can be pronounced also [ʌ], but this pronunciation is considered quite dialectal | ||
|- | |- | ||
|b | |b | ||
|[b] | |[b] | ||
| - | | - | ||
|- | |- | ||
|d | |d | ||
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|e | |e | ||
|short [ɛ] - long [e:] | |short [ɛ] - long [e:] | ||
| | |in final unstressed syllables it is pronounced as [ə], even some words are pronounced with this sound, f.ex. pronouns '''me''', '''te''', and so on | ||
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|f | |f | ||
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|g | |g | ||
| | |it is always pronounced as [χ] | ||
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|u | |u | ||
|short [ | |short [ɶ] - long [y:] | ||
| | |someone pronounces the short u as [a], but it is considered uncorrect and quite dialectal | ||
|- | |- | ||
|v | |v | ||
|[v | |[v] | ||
| - | | - | ||
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When voiced consonants are found in final position, they are devoiced and become voiceless. The | When voiced consonants are found in final position, they are devoiced and become voiceless. The ''z'' and ''v'' can be pronounced respectively [s] and [f] when at the beginning of a word, this pronounciation is not compulsory and is rather dialectal, though. | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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!'''Mid-open''' | !'''Mid-open''' | ||
|ɛ | |ɛ | ||
|ɔ | |ɔ | ||
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!'''Open''' | !'''Open''' | ||
|a | |a: ɶ | ||
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|ɑ | |ɑ | ||
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[a:] and [ɑ] are rather centralised. | |||
===Diphthongs, false diphthongs and vowel length=== | ===Diphthongs, false diphthongs and vowel length=== | ||
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* ''ei'' [ɛi̯]; | * ''ei'' [ɛi̯]; | ||
* ''ou'' [au̯]; | * ''ou'' [au̯]; | ||
* ''ui'' [ | * ''ui'' [ɶy] (someone pronounces it as [ai̯], but it is considered uncorrect and dialectal). | ||
There are also other "vocalic combinations" that represent a long vowel instead, thus they are called '''false diphthongs''' or just '''long vowels''': | There are also other "vocalic combinations" that represent a long vowel instead, thus they are called '''false diphthongs''' or just '''long vowels''': | ||
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* ''mat'' (''a'' is short) > ''mat'''t'''e'' (''a'' remains short, but a short vowel occurs never in an open syllable, so we need to double the following consonant to maintain the syllable closed). | * ''mat'' (''a'' is short) > ''mat'''t'''e'' (''a'' remains short, but a short vowel occurs never in an open syllable, so we need to double the following consonant to maintain the syllable closed). | ||
===Digraphs | ===Digraphs=== | ||
Aarlaansk has got | Aarlaansk has got only a digraph: ''sh'', that is read [ʃ]. | ||
==Stress== | ==Stress== |
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