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==Accents== | ==Accents== | ||
Almost the same as our English accents; RP shouldn't exist | |||
===Welvington=== | |||
Aoife's native accent | |||
The city name is pronounced "Wungton" [wʌŋʔn̩] by locals; it's nicknamed the "Womb of the Nation [Federation]" | |||
====Vocabulary==== | |||
Stereotypical Boston words like "wicked" and "pissa" | |||
====Phonology==== | |||
Philly + Boston; should inspire Shalaian and Netagin. It is meant to be RP in ways that the Pacific accent is not. Intonation is similar to American. | |||
*MOUTH is monophthongized to [ɶ̝ː], sometimes with a MOUTH-START merger to /aː~æː/. | |||
*-ing becomes -in' in casual speech; th-stopping to [t̪] and [d̪] | |||
*(Ph) Philly L (/l/ becomes a pharyngealized nasalized uvular approximant) | |||
*(~Ph, ~RP) Philly-style reinforcement before voiceless consonants; i.e. generalized Canadain-raising-esque effects | |||
**When the consonant is voiceless, the nucleus is shortened consonant is lengthened: ''face'' [fɪjsˑ] | |||
**Otherwise this does not happen: ''fame'' [fɛˑɪm] | |||
*(B, RP) non-rhotic | |||
*(Ph, B, RP) Few or no mergers before prevocalic /r/ | |||
*(Ph, ~B, ~RP) Philly short-A system; lax A = [æ], tense A = [eə~ɛə] | |||
*(Ph, RP) GOAT = [əʊ]; GOOSE = [üw] | |||
*(~Ph, ~RP) LOT = [ɑ], THOUGHT = NORTH = FORCE = POOR = [oə~ɔə] | |||
*(B, ~RP) START = [ä] | |||
*SQUARE (= tense A) = [eə~ɛə] | |||
*NEAR = [iə~ɪə] | |||
*NURSE = [əː] | |||
*wine-whine distinction is optional | |||
*A 3-way distinction of Mary [meəɹi], merry [mɛɹi~mɤɹi], marry [mæɹi], unlike Pacific English | |||
*hurry [hɤɹi], furry [fəːɹi] | |||
*orange [ɑɹɪndʒ] | |||
*mirror [mɪɹə(ɹ)] != nearer [niəɹə(ɹ)] | |||
*/iːg/ > /ɪg/, /eɪg/ > /ɛg/ in many words | |||
*/θ ð/ are commonly [t̪ d̪]. | |||
*"aunt" and "can't" use /a:/. | |||
*wine-whine merger absent | |||
*CLOTH = LOT, not THOUGHT | |||
====Sample (Broad Welvington)==== | |||
oəʟ hjüwmən bɪjɪnz ə boən fɹɪj ən iʝkˑwəʟ ɪn dɪgnɪɾɪj ən ɹʌɪʔˑs. d̪eɪ əɹ ɪndœːd wɪd ɹɪjzn ən kɒnʃns, ən ʃəd ækt toədz wɤn ənɤd̪əɹ ɪn ə spɪɹɪɾ əv bɾɤd̪əhəd. | |||
pliʝˑs koəʟ stɛʟə. eəsk ə ɾə bɹɪŋ d̪is t̪ɪŋz wɪd̪ ə fɹəm d̪ə stoə. sɪks spüwnz əf fɹɛʃˑ snəʊ pɪjz, fɑɪf t̪ɪkˑ sʟæbz əv blüw tʃɪjz, ən mɛɪbɪj ə snæk fəɹ ə bɹʌðə bɑˑb. wɪj oəʟsə nɪjɾ ə smoəʟ pʟæstɪk snɪjkˑ ən ə bɪg toɪ fɹoəg fə d̪ə kɪdz. ʃi kən sküwpˑ d̪is t̪ɪŋz ɪɾ̃ə t̪ɾɪj ɹɛd bægz, ən wiʟ gə miʝɾ ə wɛnsdɛɪ æʔ t̪ə tɹɛɪn stɪjʃˑən. | |||
====Sample (Cultivated Welvington)==== | |||
oːɫ hjüwmən bɪjɪŋz ə boːn fɹɪj ən iʝkˑwəl ɪn dɪgnɪɾɪj ən ɹɑɪʔˑs. ðeɪ əɹ ɪndæʊd wɪð ɹɪjzn ən kɒnʃns, ən ʃəd æk toːdz wɜn ənɜðəɹ ɪn ə spɪɹɪɾ əv bɾɜðəhəd. | |||
plɪjs koːʟ stɛlə. ask ə ɾə bɹɪŋ ðɪjs θɪŋz wɪð ə fɹəm ðə stoː. sɪks spüwnz əf fɹɛʃˑ snəʊ pɪjz, fɑɪf θɪkˑ slæbz əv blüw tʃɪjz, ən mɛɪbɪj ə snæk fəɹ ə bɹʌðə bɒb. wɪj oːɫsə nɪjɾ ə smoːɫ plæstɪk snɪjkˑ ən ə bɪg toɪ fɹɒg fə ðə kɪdz. ʃi kən sküwp ðɪjs θɪŋz ɪɾ̃ə θɾɪj ɹɛd bɛɪgz, ən wiʟ gə miʝɾ ə wɛnsdɛɪ æʔ θə tɹɛɪn stɪjʃˑən. | |||
[[Category:Azalic languages]] | [[Category:Azalic languages]] | ||