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The transitional dialects (''ehomėla irekėnėla'') are spoken in the west of the Keina Republic. This is not a genetic grouping and thus various dialects show different features closer to either Tarnan or Keian. None of these dialects have a specifically Keian [s̠] sound, but they also lack rounding of *ā typical to Tarnan (initial ''*ā>uo'' in Uve, but initial ''*ō>eu'', which means they did not merge like in Tarnan), with some also lacking rounding of the short *a. Dialects close to Keian lenite /f/ to [v] between vowels: ''lavat'' "house" (T. ''lauta''), but do not lenite /k/ or /t/ even word-finally. | The transitional dialects (''ehomėla irekėnėla'') are spoken in the west of the Keina Republic. This is not a genetic grouping and thus various dialects show different features closer to either Tarnan or Keian. None of these dialects have a specifically Keian [s̠] sound, but they also lack rounding of *ā typical to Tarnan (initial ''*ā>uo'' in Uve, but initial ''*ō>eu'', which means they did not merge like in Tarnan), with some also lacking rounding of the short *a. Dialects close to Keian lenite /f/ to [v] between vowels: ''lavat'' "house" (T. ''lauta''), but do not lenite /k/ or /t/ even word-finally. | ||
A special subgroup within the transitional dialects is the ''ehoma enejale''. This dialect possesses a few distinct phonological and morphological features and is close to Enan dialects right to the south. It has a three-way distinction of lateral approximants and dental nasals, unlike other dialects, which have one or two of each (this is shared with Old Enan). Like Keian, South Eyalian lenites /f/ to [v] between vowels, but it also elides the weak /n/ (distinct from the strong [n̪ˠ]) in the same position: ''*mina>ja/ėja'' "sparrow", but ''*qena>eṅa/iṅa'' "language"; and /l/: ''zōli>zoai'' "cold", but ''* | A special subgroup within the transitional dialects is the ''ehoma enejale''. This dialect possesses a few distinct phonological and morphological features and is close to Enan dialects right to the south. It has a three-way distinction of lateral approximants and dental nasals, unlike other dialects, which have one or two of each (this is shared with Old Enan). Like Keian, South Eyalian lenites /f/ to [v] between vowels, but it also elides the weak /n/ (distinct from the strong [n̪ˠ]) in the same position: ''*mina>ja/ėja'' "sparrow", but ''*qena>eṅa/iṅa'' "language"; and /l/: ''zōli>zoai'' "cold", but ''*qådani>olae'' "old". In the southernmost area *c became ''"z"'' [θ] or [t͡θ] rather than [c] like in other dialects. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||