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'''Zarḍenlaṇḍs''' /ˈzaʀɖəlaɳʈs/ (Thedish: ''Sardenlandьsk'') is a minority Dutch dialect spoken in Lõis's Sardinia and Corsica. | '''Zarḍenlaṇḍs''' /ˈzaʀɖəlaɳʈs/ (Thedish: ''Sardenlandьsk'') is a minority Dutch dialect spoken in Lõis's Sardinia and Corsica. | ||
It preserves the distinction between Old Dutch ''th'' and ''d'' unlike Standard Dutch; influence of other languages in the Sardinian sprachbund turned these into ''d'' and retroflex ''ḍ''. | It preserves the distinction between Old Dutch ''th'' and ''d'' unlike Standard Dutch; influence of other languages in the Sardinian sprachbund turned these into ''d'' and retroflex ''ḍ'' respectively. Other retroflexes come from the following sound changes: | ||
*Old | *Old Dutch ft, cht > ṭṭ | ||
**aṭ "eight" < OTh achta | **aṭ "eight" < OTh achta | ||
**stiṭṭing "foundation" < *stift-ъnga | **stiṭṭing "foundation" < *stift-ъnga | ||
* | *PWGmc hn-, hl- > ṇ-, ḷ- | ||
**ṇauw "narrow" < OTh hnawwъ | **ṇauw "narrow" < OTh hnawwъ | ||
**ḷachen "laugh" < OTh hlahhjьnъ | **ḷachen "laugh" < OTh hlahhjьnъ | ||
*wed, wedden = year; weḍḍen = to bet | *wed, wedden = year (a dialectal word); weḍḍen = to bet | ||
Zarḍenlaṇḍs is also much more purist than Dutch, and some loans are also slightly different | Zarḍenlaṇḍs is also much more purist than Standard Dutch, and some loans are also slightly different. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== |