Talk:Habyela

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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
short long short long short long short long
Close i /ɪ/ ie, i /iː/ ü /ʏ/ ü, üh /yː/ u /ʊ/ u, uh /uː/
Mid e, ä /ɛ/ e, ee, eh, ä, äh /eː/ ö /œ/ ö, öh /øː/ e /ə/ o /ɔ/ o, oo, oh /oː/
Near-open /ɐ/
Open a /a/ a, aa, ah /aː/

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/