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====Cnollta====
====Cnollta====
Spoken in the Cnollta region in Fyxam, this accent is often perceived as backwards and boorish.
Spoken in the Cnollta region in Fyxam, this accent is often perceived as backwards and boorish.
TODO: should be less Cockney


Similar to General Fyxamian, but:
Similar to General Fyxamian, but:
*Especially in lower class accents, /θ/ > /t/ occurs after stressed syllables.
*Especially in lower class accents, /θ/ > /t/ occurs after stressed syllables.
*/ð/ > [ð̠~ɹ] after vowels.
*/ð/ > [ɹ] after vowels.
*Many monophthongs lengthen or diphthongize allophonically:
*Many monophthongs lengthen or diphthongize allophonically:
**"trap-bath split": /a/ is pronounced [ɑː] before /r f v s z θ ð/ and word-finally, and [æ] or fully front [a] otherwise. For example, ''saþ'' /saθ/ 'salty' is pronounced [sɑːθ] or [sɑːt], ''syvŋá'' 'art' is pronounced [səvŋɑː], but ''glah'' 'will' is pronounced [kʀæh].
**"trap-bath split": /a/ is pronounced [ɑː] before /r f v s z θ ð/ and word-finally, and [æ] or fully front [a] otherwise. For example:
***''saþ'' /saθ/ 'salty' is pronounced [sɑːθ] or [sɑːt]
***''syvŋá'' 'art' is pronounced [səvŋɑː]
***''hnaða'' /hnaðə/ 'door' is pronounced [hnɑːɹə]
***but ''glah'' 'will' is pronounced [kʀæh]
**/ɛ/ becomes [ɛə] or [eə] before voiced consonants /m n ŋ r v ð z/ or word-finally. /œ/ and /ə/ become [ɞː] and [ɘː] in the same environment.
**/ɛ/ becomes [ɛə] or [eə] before voiced consonants /m n ŋ r v ð z/ or word-finally. /œ/ and /ə/ become [ɞː] and [ɘː] in the same environment.
Need more special features - do something with consonants maybe
Need more special features - do something with consonants maybe