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| Fén Ghír has split over the years into several dialects. The most distinct being Highland Fén followed shortly after by Genibh. Everything outside of this Article is written in Midlands Fén, also known as standard Fén. Finally, there is Southern Fén often lumped either with Genibh Fén or Midlands Fén. | | Fén dialects are currently being re-evaluated in order to be less simplified and more naturalistic seeming. Below are general ideas/impressions I hope to give, however this is a low priority project to be set aside until I feel sufficently comfortable with Phonetic shifts & laws. |
| ==Highlands Fén==
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| The only dialect with a distinct alphabet, unlike most of the Fén, they have created and retained a runic alphabet with two letters [representing a consonant-vowel sound]. Their dialect most closely ressembles what Proto-Fén might have looked like. The most prominant change [outside of the alphabet] is that due to the Runic dual sound letters, words end with a vowel and start with a consonant.
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| Most Fén words that end with a vowel will have an additional "n" added on.
| | ==Midlands Fén== |
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| In the case of verbs, this is an "-an" suffix. If the last letter is a vowel, then the original vowel will be dropped and replaced. Exceptions are Té, Bhé and Lé which in their dialect are rendered as Thá, Bhá and Lá, respectively and preserved their lenghtened endings.
| | Similar to standard [it is the basis of it], though there might be a bit of additional emphasis on the following vowel type by modifying the consonant somehow in order to add a bit more of a naturalistic feel to it [if so, this will also occur in Highlands Fén]. |
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| Adverbs and Adjectives are given an "o" ending following the "n"
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| Nouns are given a "u" ending following the "n"
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| Prepositions may, depending on region, either be an exception, or else have an "e" ending.
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| "Bh" is the only plural form. | | Considered Archiac Sounding, Highlands Fayn has resisted a few sound changes and have more borrowings from Cwengâr, including in regards to grammatic construction. They are less likely to directly borrow Toryl, often either inventing their own term or borrowing from Cwengâr [even when the Cwengâr is just a loan from Toryl]. Introduction/Use of "Cw/Gw" sound in loans, "s" pronounced instead as "sh" |
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| Rather than Copula at the start of a sentance, a subcopula is attached to the end of the first verb in a sentance. In the case where there are more than two main clauses in a sentance, a Copula is added to every verb but the last in the sequence.
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| When descriping something or making a statement about something, rather than use "Té ... cór ..." as most Fén dialects, Highlands Fén uses "Bhána ... cu ..." This changes the direct translation from "Someone being under Something" to "Someone having something in them". Blessings also wish the Gods to be with the person, rather than over them.
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| The "me" and "ag" preposition is dropped in Highlands Fén.
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| Finally, Fén Ghír is refered to as Fén Mhóca in Highlands Fén, where in other dialects, Fén Mhóca refers exclusively to the vocabularly.
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| ==Genibh/Southern Fén== | | ==Genibh/Southern Fén== |
| Genibh Fén refers exclusively to the slang used within the city of Genibh, which often consists of shortening common and well known phrases into single words, as well as spontaneously combining adjectives and verbs to create compounds.
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| Examples of this include;
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| May you be under them [the Gods], a Formal Southern Hello. An '''té ló''' có're becomes '''Téló'''.
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| "How are you?" ('''Ec'''h''' '''t'''é '''a'''t '''c'''ór re''') becomes Ecétóre.
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| This is essentially an extreme case of the Southern tendancy to merge words. Within the general south, examples are much less extreme;
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| Prepositions tend to be merged to words if there are no adjectives, typically by dropping the last consonant or vowel from the preposition if the next word begins with one as well, and marking this merge with an apostrophy.
| | Heavier use of mutations [Introduction of a new one is possible. Alternatively, further weakening existing mutations] and dropping words. May drop unnecessary vowels. |
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| Questions in Southern Fén are more likely to be asked in a negative tone, where this is rare in standard Fén and almost lost in Highland Fén.
| | ==Northern Fén== |
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| Lenition is very common in Southern Fén and tends to occur in the center of words which would not typically be lenitioned in regular Fén.
| | Composed of elements of Midlands and Genibh, very conservative with borrowings, it is the most likely to translate new words morpheme by morpheme rather than adapting the phonology. |
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| The object in Southern Fén dialect is lenitioned regardless of the presence of Adjectives.
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| The tendancy to speak quickly, merge words, propositions and weak sounds, makes them the most intimidating dialect for new speakers and has led to the stereotype of speakers of Genibh Fén as slurring their words, inspiring the [mildly] derogatory of term of "Bhamhaghén" [Wawawayn] amongst other Fén.
| | Northern Fén with some Kergan and Hainic influences. |
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Fén dialects are currently being re-evaluated in order to be less simplified and more naturalistic seeming. Below are general ideas/impressions I hope to give, however this is a low priority project to be set aside until I feel sufficently comfortable with Phonetic shifts & laws.
Midlands Fén
Similar to standard [it is the basis of it], though there might be a bit of additional emphasis on the following vowel type by modifying the consonant somehow in order to add a bit more of a naturalistic feel to it [if so, this will also occur in Highlands Fén].
Highlands Fén
Considered Archiac Sounding, Highlands Fayn has resisted a few sound changes and have more borrowings from Cwengâr, including in regards to grammatic construction. They are less likely to directly borrow Toryl, often either inventing their own term or borrowing from Cwengâr [even when the Cwengâr is just a loan from Toryl]. Introduction/Use of "Cw/Gw" sound in loans, "s" pronounced instead as "sh"
Genibh/Southern Fén
Heavier use of mutations [Introduction of a new one is possible. Alternatively, further weakening existing mutations] and dropping words. May drop unnecessary vowels.
Northern Fén
Composed of elements of Midlands and Genibh, very conservative with borrowings, it is the most likely to translate new words morpheme by morpheme rather than adapting the phonology.
Fén of the Settlements
Northern Fén with some Kergan and Hainic influences.