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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.
| 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, realized as creaky voice: Wande /vɛ̰n/ 'body'
- strong stød, realized as final glottal stop: 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/