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Hederdau is one of the more conservative lects of Wiebian. It is meant to parody Danish and Vietnamese.

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

Sächs-y.

Habyela vowels
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded unrounded rounded
short long short long short long short long long
Close /i/ /iː/ /y/ /yː/ /ʉː/
Near-close /ɪ̟/ /ɪ̟ː/ /ɵ/ /ɵː/ /ɯ̽ːˁ/ /ʊːˁ/
Mid /ø/ /øː/ /ə/ /oːˁ/
Open-mid /ɛ/ /ɛː/ /ɞ/ /ʌˁ/ /ɔːˁ/
Open /a/ /aːˁ/

Stød

Hederdau has three levels of stød:

  • no stød: wans /vɛn/ 'stick'
  • weak stød: Wande /vɛ̰n/ 'body'
  • strong stød: wann /vɛnʔ/ 'bake'

Numbers

  • 1: wahm /vɛːmʔ/
  • 2: diƨƨer /d̥iɕoˤ/
  • 3: narg /nɔˤːʊ̯ʔ/
  • 4: đauf /!ɶːʊ̯/
  • 5: säliƨ /ze̝ːli/
  • 6: stuhm /sd̥ʉːmʔ/
  • 7: rut /ʁʉːð̩ʔ/
  • 8: lerz /laːˁd̥/
  • 9: pfarb /pfɔˤːʊ̯ʔ/
  • 10: kier /kʰɤˁːʔ/
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