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==Dialectology== | ==Dialectology== | ||
The dialect documented in this article is the prestige ''Jugřé'' (Southern) dialect, spoken by the majority of the population. The more innovative ''Třařé'' (Northern) dialect is characterized by the following features: | |||
* A lower percentage of loanwords and a tendency to use native coinings instead. When loanwords are imported, they are less likely to use non-native phones such as /l/. | |||
* The mid high vowels /e/ and /o/ are diphthongized to [iə] and [uə]. | |||
* The low vowels have not shifted as far: /a/ is more like [æ] and /ɑ/ is more like [ɐ~ä]. | |||
* The diphthongs /ei/ and /ou/ are more centralized, especially in their onsets: [əi~əɨ] and [əu~əʉ]. | |||
* /t/ and /d/ are often realized as [θ] and [ð], except at the start of a word. | |||
* /w/ becomes [ɹ~ɻ] in all positions, not just intervocalically. | |||
* /ə/ is slightly fronted and rounded, often as far as [ø~œ], but does not exhibit nearly the degree of allophony found in Jugřé Ewige. | |||
* The possessive pronouns are suffixed with the adjectival ''-řé'', such as ''sodařé'' ("yours"), equivalent to saying "yours-like" or "yours-ish" in English. | |||
* Double negation is common, with the general negative particle ''ou'' coming immediately before the verb. | |||
* Although Třařé Ewige is also pro-drop and its verbs have polypersonal agreement, subject pronouns are still used with greater frequency than in Jugřé Ewige, but they come at the very end of the sentence, including after any adverbs. | |||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||