Scots Norse: Difference between revisions
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All spoken dialects lack a distinction between /h/ and /x/. | All spoken dialects lack a distinction between /h/ and /x/. | ||
====Outer==== | ====Outer==== | ||
All outer dialects share roughly | All outer dialects share roughly 5 major features. | ||
*front round vowels became a back vowel, rather than the reflex in the Inner dialects, thus words like {{lang|snon|{{term|saist}}}} become {{lang|snon|{{term|siuest}}}} in Outer. | *front round vowels became a back vowel, rather than the reflex in the Inner dialects, thus words like {{lang|snon|{{term|saist}}}} become {{lang|snon|{{term|siuest}}}} in Outer. | ||
*/ɪ/-/æ~ɛ/ merger, always to /ɛ/. | */ɪ/-/æ~ɛ/ merger, always to /ɛ/. | ||
*loss of dental fricatives through merging variably with <t, d> or <(c)h, gh>. (Always with <(c)h, gh> when slender) | *loss of dental fricatives through merging variably with <t, d> or <(c)h, gh>. (Always with <(c)h, gh> when slender) | ||
*denasalization of nasal vowels, giving varying values throughout the dialects. | *denasalization of nasal vowels, giving varying values throughout the dialects. | ||
*merger of /r/ and /ɾ/. | |||
=====Fadhaègh===== | =====Fadhaègh===== | ||
Spoken on {{lang|snon|{{term|Fadhaègh}}}}, or [[w:Lewis and Harris|Lewis and Harris]] | Spoken on {{lang|snon|{{term|Fadhaègh}}}}, or [[w:Lewis and Harris|Lewis and Harris]] | ||
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#The dental fricatives merge with /x, ɣ/ | #The dental fricatives merge with /x, ɣ/ | ||
#/ʎ/ becomes /j/ | |||
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