Alska/Dialects

Dialect Classification

Alska has six primary dialects. Four of these form a continuum across the main island of Alsland, the fifth and sixth dialects are not related to each other, but are easily recognizable as Alska.

On Alsland Proper, there are four dialect regions: East, West, North, and South. Southern Alslandic is the standard, and Northern Alslandic is the farthest from it. The two colonial dialects are even further, but are not spoken on the main island. These regions in turn have their own dialects, but they are far too small to be recognized by non-speakers as such.

Sydalska

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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.

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