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 | 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/