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

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Dorsal Glottal
Nasals /m/ /n/ /ɲ/ /ŋ/
Stops
plain /p/ /t/ /t͡ʃ/ /k/
aspirated /tʰ/ /t͡ʃʰ/ /kʰ/
Fricatives plain /f/ /s/ /ʃ/ /x/ /h/
voiced /v/ /z/ /ʒ/
Approximants central /w/ /ð̞/ /j/ /ʁ/
lateral /l/

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/ /ɤːˁ/ /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 /tiʃʌˤ/
  • 3: narg /nɔˤːʊ̯ʔ/
  • 4: đauf /ɡaɵʊ̯/
  • 5: säliƨ /ze̝ːli/
  • 6: stuhm /sd̥ʉːmʔ/
  • 7: rut /ʁʉːð̩ʔ/
  • 8: lerz /laːˁd̥/
  • 9: pfarb /pfɔˤːʊ̯ʔ/
  • 10: kier /tʃʰɤˁːʔ/
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