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Alska has six primary dialects.  Four of these form a continuum across the main island of Alsland; the fifth and sixth dialects are not related to each other, but are easily recognizable as Alska.   
Alska has six primary dialects.  Four of these form a continuum across the main island of Alsland; the fifth and sixth dialects are not related to each other, but are easily recognizable as Alska.   


On Alsland Proper, there are four dialect regions:  East, West, North, and South.  Southern Alsla is the standard, and Northern Alska is the farthest from it.  The two colonial dialects are even further, but are not spoken on the main island.  These regions in turn have their own dialects, but they are far too small to be recognized by non-speakers as such.   
On Alsland Proper, there are four dialect regions:  East, West, North, and South.  Southern Alsla is the standard, and Eastern Alska is the farthest from it.  The two colonial dialects are even further, but are not spoken on the main island.  These regions in turn have their own dialects, but they are far too small to be recognized by non-speakers as such.   




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===Østalska (Ustalsj')===
===Østalska (Ustalsj')===
Eastern Alska, called Østalska in Standard, and Ustalsj' [ʉsd'a:lʃɛ] natively, is the dialect furthest from Standard Alska.  It is similar to Northern Alska in phonology, which is why speakers of those two dialects can understand each other.  However, the actual orthography differs quite drastically from the straightforward spellings of Standard and Northern Alska. 
====Phonology====
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle"
!'''Letters'''
!'''Pronunciation'''
!'''Further information'''
|-
|a
|[a]/[ɑ]/[au]
| short/long/special cases
|-
|b
|[b]
| -
|-
|d
|[d]
| -
|-
|e
|[e:]/[ei]
| -
|-
|f
|[f]
| -
|-
|g
|[g]
| -
|-
|h
|[h]
| -
|-
|i
|[i]
|No short version
|-
|j
|[j]
|corresponds to ''y'' in English ''you''
|-
|k
|[k]
| -
|-
|l
|[l]
| -
|-
|ll
|[tl]
| -
|-
|m
|[m]
| -
|-
|n
|[n]
| -
|-
|o
|[ɔ]/[o̞]
| -
|-
|p
|[p]
| -
|-
|r
|[ɹ]
|
|-
|s
|[s]/[ʃ]
| -
|-
|t
|[t]
| -
|-
|u
|[ʉ]
|has no short version
|-
|v
|[f]
| -
|-
|y
|[i:]
|pronounced like 'e' in English 'me'
|-
|å
|[au]
| -
|-
|ø
|[ø]
| -
|-
|æ
|[aj]
| -
|-
|ei
|[ei:]
| -
|-
|'
|[ɛ]
| -
|-
-
|}
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