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| == Introduction == | | == Introduction == |
| Minhast is divided fourteen several dialects, twelve of which are the historical dialects spoken in the Prefectures, and two new dialects that have arisen in modern times, a standardized "national" dialect, and an urban colloquial dialect. An additional two dialects, the Knife Speaker dialect, and the Heron Speaker dialect<sup>1</sup>, are now extinct. The Knife Speaker dialect is poorly attested.
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| The dialects of the Prefectures have been traditionally grouped under two branches, Upper Minhast, and Lower Minhast. Within Upper Minhast, a further dialectal split emerged, leading to the Salmon Speaker and Wolf Speaker dialects. Minhast grammarians have traditionally classified the dialects according to the following phylogeny:
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| == Dialectal Divisions == | | == Dialectal Divisions == |