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Hederdau is one of the more conservative lects of Wiebian. It is meant to parody Danish and Vietnamese.

Phonology

Initials

Vowels

The pharyngealized vowels are similar to pharyngealized vowels in Chemnitz German.

Habyela vowels
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/ /œː/ /ɞ/ /ʌˁ/ /ɔːˁ/
Open /aːˁ/

Diphthongs: /ae aɵ/

Finals

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/
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