Scellan/Accents: Difference between revisions
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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. | ||
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/ > [ | */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 | **"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 | ||