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==Dialects== | ==Dialects== | ||
===Ethiopian dialect=== | ===Ethiopian dialect=== | ||
some different vocab e.g. '' | some different vocab e.g. ''tėt'' instead of ''wyhėv'' for 'give', ''ðøvrėn'' instead of ''tėma'' for 'topic' | ||
some words can have different meanings in Ethiopian and Levantine leading to some funny misunderstandings | some words can have different meanings in Ethiopian and Levantine leading to some funny misunderstandings | ||
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ei au [ɒi ø:~øo] | ei au [ɒi ø:~øo] | ||
a broad Ethiopian accent in Togarmite has random variation in some words like heno, šamo, | a broad Ethiopian accent in Togarmite has random variation in some words like heno, šamo, šyðo etc are pronounced hena, šama, šyða | ||
-an -> -en is common in a broad Ethiopian accent ( | -an -> -en is common in a broad Ethiopian accent (ðarkan -> ðarken); this should typically happen only with agentives, otherwise møsaken / møsakan would be mixed up (that would be one of the telltale signs of a non-Ethiopian faking an accent) | ||
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