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===Oalan dialect=== | ===Oalan dialect=== | ||
The Oalan dialect is the specific dialect of Moshurian spoken in the city of Oalan and its surrounding suburbs. | The Oalan dialect is the specific dialect of Moshurian spoken in the city of Oalan and its surrounding suburbs. Although not as dissimilar from the standard as the Oźmaneli dialect, and having relatively few morphological differences, phonologically it differs quite a bit, and is thus often considered by those from Taráhus as an "uneducated" and "rural" dialect, although this interpretation is obviously considered quite offensive by Oalanians, who in return see the Taráhusians as "egotistic bourgeois moral absolutists", or just "rich assholes" for short. Perhaps not so coincidentally, the local branch of the Moshurian Socialist Party often use rich Taráhusians as scapegoats in economic troubles, and are thus quite popular in the region. | ||
====Phonological differences==== | |||
* Glottal or velar fricatives(/h/ or /x/) surrounded by vowels are either not pronounced or non-syllabic. | |||
** Middle Moshurian ''ukhalan''<ref>Often mentioned as a possible etymology for the city of Oalan.</ref> → (possibly) Oalan | |||
* Initial /u/ is pronounced [o] or [ɔ]. | |||
** ''uthilikh'' /ˈuð.ilix/ → ''othilih'' | |||
* Final unrounded vowels are rounded. | |||
** ''asti'' /asti/ → ''astï'' [asty] | |||
* Voiced fricatives at the end of syllables, unless velar or glottal and the next phone is a vowel, are unvoiced. | |||
** ''eźir'' /ɛˈʒiɽ/ → ''eşir'' [ɛˈʃiɽ] | |||
===Loïha dialect=== | ===Loïha dialect=== | ||
The Loïha dialect is the dialect of Moshurian speakers who reside in the Golden Plain. Loïha is possibly the most distinct but still intelligible dialect of Moshurian. This is because there are very few morphological differences, but quite large sound changes. | The Loïha dialect is the dialect of Moshurian speakers who reside in the Golden Plain. Loïha is possibly the most distinct but still intelligible dialect of Moshurian. This is because there are very few morphological differences, but quite large sound changes. | ||