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==Alphabet==
==Alphabet==


The Aarlaansk alphabet contains 23 letters and 1 digraph that is considered a distinct letter:
The Aarlaansk alphabet contains 22 letters and 1 digraph that is considered a distinct letter:


{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle"
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle"
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|a
|a
|short [a] - long [ɑ:]
|short [ɑ] - long [a:]
| -
|short a can be pronounced also [ʌ], but this pronunciation is considered quite dialectal
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|-
|b
|b
|[b]
|[b]
| -
| -
|-
|c
|[k]
|it is used only in digraphs and trigraphs
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|-
|d
|d
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|e
|e
|short [ɛ] - long [e:]
|short [ɛ] - long [e:]
| -
|in final unstressed syllables it is pronounced as [ə], even some words are pronounced with this sound, f.ex. pronouns '''me''', '''te''', and so on
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|-
|f
|f
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|g
|g
|generally is [χ], but in unstressed syllable when ''-el'', ''-en'' or ''-er'' follows it is pronounced as [g]  
|it is always pronounced as [χ]  
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| -
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|u
|u
|short [œ] - long [y:]
|short [ɶ] - long [y:]
| -
|someone pronounces the short u as [a], but it is considered uncorrect and quite dialectal
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|-
|v
|v
|[v], but at the beginning of a word it is read as [f]
|[v]
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| -
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When voiced consonants are found in final position, they are devoiced and become voiceless. The ''g'', ''z'' and ''v'' can be pronounced respectively [χ], [s] and [f] when at the beginning of a word, this pronounciation is not compulsory and is rather dialectal.
When voiced consonants are found in final position, they are devoiced and become voiceless. The ''z'' and ''v'' can be pronounced respectively [s] and [f] when at the beginning of a word, this pronounciation is not compulsory and is rather dialectal, though.


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
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!'''Mid-open'''
!'''Mid-open'''
|ɛ œ
|ɛ
|ɔ
|ɔ
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!'''Open'''
!'''Open'''
|a
|a: ɶ
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|ɑ:
|ɑ
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The [a] and the [ɑ:] are rather centralised.
[a:] and [ɑ] are rather centralised.


===Diphthongs, false diphthongs and vowel length===
===Diphthongs, false diphthongs and vowel length===
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* ''ei'' [ɛi̯];
* ''ei'' [ɛi̯];
* ''ou'' [au̯];
* ''ou'' [au̯];
* ''ui'' [œy].
* ''ui'' [ɶy] (someone pronounces it as [ai̯], but it is considered uncorrect and dialectal).


There are also other "vocalic combinations" that represent a long vowel instead, thus they are called '''false diphthongs''' or just '''long vowels''':
There are also other "vocalic combinations" that represent a long vowel instead, thus they are called '''false diphthongs''' or just '''long vowels''':
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* ''mat'' (''a'' is short) > ''mat'''t'''e'' (''a'' remains short, but a short vowel occurs never in an open syllable, so we need to double the following consonant to maintain the syllable closed).
* ''mat'' (''a'' is short) > ''mat'''t'''e'' (''a'' remains short, but a short vowel occurs never in an open syllable, so we need to double the following consonant to maintain the syllable closed).


===Digraphs and trigraphs===
===Digraphs===


Aarlaansk has got two digraphs, that are ''ch'', that is read [χ], and ''ck'', that is read [k] and represents the double k. There is only a trigraph, ''sch'' that is read [ʃ]. Actually natives tend to replace ''ch'' with ''g'', that has the same pronunciation. This isn't considered like a mistake in informal writing: it is quite spread the form ''vagt'' of the verb ''vaar'' instead of the most regular ''vacht''. It is to be avoided in formal writing though.
Aarlaansk has got only a digraph: ''sh'', that is read [ʃ].


==Stress==
==Stress==
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