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* the '''Valley Dogrish case system''' (light purple on map) has merged the locative into the ablative for a total of five cases | * the '''Valley Dogrish case system''' (light purple on map) has merged the locative into the ablative for a total of five cases | ||
* the '''Heathside Dogrish case system''' (yellow on map) has merged the genitive into the accusative for a total of five cases | * the '''Heathside Dogrish case system''' (yellow on map) has merged the genitive into the accusative for a total of five cases | ||
* the ''' | * the '''Friso-Dogrish case system''' (green on map) features the four "traditional" Germanic cases: nominative, genitive, dative and accusative | ||
* the '''Dutch Dogrish case system''' (orange on map) has merged the dative into the accusative for a total of three cases | * the '''Dutch Dogrish case system''' (orange on map) has merged the dative into the accusative for a total of three cases | ||
* the ''' | * the '''Anglo-Dogrish case system''' (blue on map) uses only the genitive, and only occasionally. | ||
In effect, the number and nature of grammatical cases used in speech may vary from person to person depending on their fluency in both their local dialect and their spoken variety of standardised Dogrish, especially with the increased interregional mobility and influences from foreign languages in more modern times. | |||
With the onset of television in the late 20th century, the Formal Dogrish and Valley Dogrish case systems have become more widely used, whereas the accusative case disappeared in English Dogrish during the same period due to more present influence from English-language media. | |||
The most used case system amongst Dogric citizens who speak Dogrish as a first or second language is Formal Dogrish, with over 40% using it. Second is Valley Dogrish with 35%, followed by Friso-Dogrish at just short of 20%. Approximately 3% of the population uses the Anglo-Dogrish case system, with the remaining 2% divided amongst the Dutch, Heathside and Swamp Dogrish systems, all three of which only occur in sparsely populated and relatively isolated rural communities. | |||
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