Hederdau is one of the more conservative lects of Wiebian. It is meant to parody Danish and Vietnamese.
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
Sächs-y.
| 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/