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-==Sydalska==
+===Sydalska===
 <url=http://linguifex.com/index.php?title=Alska>Southern Alslandic<url>
+===Nordalska===
+Northern Alska is one of the least spoken of all the dialects, and is the farthest away from Southern Alska on the dialect continuum.  Major differences include pronunciation, spelling, and small grammar changes.
+{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle"
+!'''Letters'''
+!'''Pronunciation'''
+!'''Further information'''
+|-
+|a
+|[ɑ:]
+|has no short version
+|-
+|b
+|[b]
+| -
+|-
+|d
+|[d]
+| -
+|-
+|e
+|[ɛ] / [e:]
+| -
+|-
+|f
+|[f]
+| -
+|-
+|g
+|[g]
+| -
+|-
+|h
+|[h]
+| -
+|-
+|i
+|[ɪ]/[i]
+|short 'ɪ', long 'i'
+|-
+|j
+|[j]
+|corresponds to ''y'' in English ''you''
+|-
+|k
+|[k]
+| -
+|-
+|l
+|[l]
+| -
+|-
+|m
+|[m]
+| -
+|-
+|n
+|[n]
+| -
+|-
+|o
+|[o̞]/[o]
+| -
+|-
+|p
+|[p]
+| -
+|-
+|r
+|[r]
+|can be rolled, tapped, trilled, or pronounced non-rhotically, as in most British English dialects.  (depends on Alskan dialect)
+|-
+|s
+|[s]
+| -
+|-
+|t
+|[t]
+| -
+|-
+|u
+|[ʉ]
+|has no short version
+|-
+|v
+|[f]
+| -
+|-
+|w
+|[v]
+|rarely used, usually replaced with 'v'
+|-
+|y
+|[y:]
+|pronounced almost like German 'ü'
+|-
+|z
+|[ts]
+|rarely used
+|-
+|å
+|[ɔ]
+|pronounced somewhat like English 'aw' Can be pronounced 'ooh', or 'ow' depending on dialect
+|-
+|ø
+|[ø]
+| -
+|-
+|ä
+|[ɛ]\[e:]
+|short/long.  depends on whether 'ä' is by itself, or near a consonant cluster
+|-
+|æ
+|[aj]
+|pronounced as in Latin and Icelandic
+|}