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==Dialects== | ==Dialects== | ||
Grekelin has | Grekelin has three dialects, depending on where each is or was spoken. | ||
===Slavic=== | ===Slavic=== | ||
The Slavic (''" | The Slavic (''"Dialekti Slawin"'', "/djɑˈɫɛ.kti sɫɑvin/" or "/diaˈɫʲekta sɫɑvʲin/") dialect can be distinguished by some certain features that aren't present in Standard Grekelin: | ||
<ul> | <ul> | ||
<li>Skipping of the verb "to be" (enta) in the present tense (Dawto esta egy wlemini -> Dawto egy wlemini), if the subject can be assumed.</li> | <li>Skipping of the verb "to be" (enta) in the present tense (Dawto esta egy wlemini -> Dawto egy wlemini), if the subject can be assumed.</li> | ||
<li>The letter "u" represents the '' | <li>The letter "u" represents the ''/ɨ/'' sound instead of the ''/u/'' one, when unstressed.</li> | ||
<li>Borrow of Slavic words instead of using Grekelin ones (''A karka'' -> ''A sztulla'').</li> | <li>Borrow of Slavic words instead of using Grekelin ones (''A karka'' -> ''A sztulla'').</li> | ||
<li>Preserving the dative case (Eis a mira -> | <li>Preserving the dative case (Eis a mira -> A mirajdu) (NOTE: The dative case fixes the stress on the last syllable, which must be an ''u'').</li> | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
The Slavic dialect is spoken fluently in the Vojvodina region of Serbia, where it is flourishing as a local language. It is also spoken by a tiny community living in Slovakia | The Slavic dialect is spoken fluently in the Vojvodina region of Serbia, where it is flourishing as a local language. It is also spoken by a tiny community living in Slovakia. | ||
===Urlogrockae=== | ===Urlogrockae=== | ||
The Urlogrockae (''"Urlegrekelin" | The Urlogrockae (''"Urlegrekelin"'' dialect is the one used as the standard language. It's closer to Hungarian when it comes to phonetics but closer to Greek when it comes to orthography. Key features of this dialect, compared to the Slavic one and mainly to (Medieval) Greek are: | ||
<ul> | <ul> | ||
<li>Skipping the final vowel in pronounciation, if it's a short one ( | <li>Skipping the final vowel in pronounciation, if it's a short one (y or i). | ||
<li>"E" does not use the Proto-Grekelin "''/eː/''" sound but the Urlogrok "''/ε/''". | <li>"E" does not use the Proto-Grekelin "''/eː/''" sound but the Urlogrok "''/ε/''". | ||
<li>/k/ | <li>/k/ has replaced /s/ in many grammatical rules: Greek "Τους λέοντες" vs Grekelin "E keleontek".</li> | ||
<li>Higher effect of soft and hard Tsitakismos (/j/ | <li>Higher effect of soft and hard Tsitakismos (/j/, /i/ become /d͡ʒ/, /k/ becomes /t͡s/, etc), similar to multiple Greek dialects. | ||
<li> | <li>Rarely, voiced consonants become voiceless when unstressed</li> | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||