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 '''Zarḍenlaṇḍs''' /ˈzaʀɖəlaɳʈs/ (Thedish: ''Sardenlandьsk'') is a minority Dutch dialect spoken in Lõis's Sardinia and Corsica.
-It preserves the distinction between Old Dutch ''th'' and ''d'' unlike Standard Dutch; influence of other languages in the Sardinian sprachbund turned these into ''d'' and retroflex ''ḍ''. but it has retroflexes, from the following sound changes:
+It preserves the distinction between Old Dutch ''th'' and ''d'' unlike Standard Dutch; influence of other languages in the Sardinian sprachbund turned these into ''d'' and retroflex ''ḍ'' respectively. Other retroflexes come from the following sound changes:
-*Old Thedish þ > d and Old Thedish d > ɖ
+*Old Dutch ft, cht > ṭṭ
-*Old Thedish ft, cht > ṭṭ
 **aṭ "eight" < OTh achta
 **stiṭṭing "foundation" < *stift-ъnga
-*Old Thedish hn-, hl- > ṇ-, ḷ-
+*PWGmc hn-, hl- > ṇ-, ḷ-
 **ṇauw "narrow" < OTh hnawwъ
 **ḷachen "laugh" < OTh hlahhjьnъ
-*wed, wedden = year; weḍḍen = to bet
+*wed, wedden = year (a dialectal word); weḍḍen = to bet
-Zarḍenlaṇḍs is also much more purist than Dutch, and some loans are also slightly different:
+Zarḍenlaṇḍs is also much more purist than Standard Dutch, and some loans are also slightly different.
-*muizik = music (Dutch ''muziek'')
-*amaḍel = almond (Dutch ''amandel'')
 ==Phonology==