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The '''Usergonefa dialect'''(''yojjun Usergonefa'') is the dialect of Colonial Izhkut spoken in the city of Usergonefa, the largest city in the Gibios Bay Area. | The '''Usergonefa dialect'''(''yojjun Usergonefa'') is the dialect of Colonial Izhkut spoken in the city of Usergonefa, the largest city in the Gibios Bay Area. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | |||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | |||
! colspan=2 | !! Bilabial !! Labiodental !! Alveolar !! Post-alveolar !! Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | Plosive | |||
| p b || || t d || || (ɟ) || k g || (ʔ) | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | Nasal | |||
| m || || n || || ɲ || (ŋ) || | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | Fricative | |||
| (ɸ) (β) || f v || s z || ʃ ʒ || (ç) || x || | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | Affricate | |||
| || || || d͡ʒ || || || | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan=2 | Approximant | |||
! rhotic | |||
| (ɹʷ) || || colspan=2 | ɹ~ɻ || || || | |||
|- | |||
! other | |||
| w || || l || || || ɫ || | |||
|} | |||
Most allophones shown here are so-called "L-precedent" allophones, appearing only before /l/ or /ɫ/, i.e. ''o'''ff'''lu'' "rate" [[Help:IPA|[ˈɔːɸɫu]]](<small>Standard Izhkut:</small> [[Help:IPA|[ˈôflu]]]). These allophones are /ɸ/, /β/ and /ç/, allophones for /f/, /v/ and /x/ respectively. | |||
Standard Izhkut /ɟ/ has been replaced by the voiced postalveolar affricate /d͡ʒ/ in most dialects in all positions. However, some dialects such as that of Ilasgez have preserved /ɟ/(although admittedly this feature is losing out to affricatisation), while the dialect of Roslia Bay Island has so far preserved /ɟ/ before /i/, /e/ and /ɛ/. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | ||
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| colspan=2 | a | | colspan=2 | a | ||
|} | |} | ||
General Colonial phonemic vowels do not differ greatly from Standard vowel phonemes. However, common differentiations are O-lowering, where Standard /o/ is lowered to an /ɔ/(a feature borrowed from [[Pokht]]), while there is also more variation in pronunciation of /a/ and /u/; whereas Standard /a/ and /u/ remain mostly within central and back vowel spaces respectively, Colonial /a/ can vary from as front as /æ̞/ to very occasionally as far back as /ɑ/, while /u/ in most dialects is closer to a /ʊ~ʊ̝/ and in | General Colonial phonemic vowels do not differ greatly from Standard vowel phonemes. However, common differentiations are O-lowering, where Standard /o/ is lowered to an /ɔ/(a feature borrowed from [[Pokht]]), while there is also more variation in pronunciation of /a/ and /u/; whereas Standard /a/ and /u/ remain mostly within central and back vowel spaces respectively, Colonial /a/ can vary from as front as /æ̞/ to very occasionally as far back as /ɑ/, while /u/ in most dialects is closer to a /ʊ~ʊ̝/ and in some Bay Islands is often closer to a /ʉ/.{{efn|Borrowed from [[Bay Islands Creole]], which borrowed central /ʉ/ from the Le Luo languages.}} | ||
===Diphthongs=== | ===Diphthongs=== | ||
Though the orthography of diphthongs has remained the same as in Mainland Izhkut, the General Colonial pronunciation of diphthongs has shifted considerably from the Standard pronunciation which this orthography was based on, though these dipthongs differ yet still between Colonial dialects. However, the following table only shows General Colonial pronunciations. | Though the orthography of diphthongs has remained the same as in Mainland Izhkut, the General Colonial pronunciation of diphthongs has shifted considerably from the Standard pronunciation which this orthography was based on, though these dipthongs differ yet still between Colonial dialects. However, the following table only shows General Colonial pronunciations. | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! ''ë'' | ! ''ë'' | ||
| ɛa̯ || colspan=2 | ɛʊ̯~eʊ̯ | | ɛa̯ || colspan=2 | ɛʊ̯~eʊ̯~iʊ̯ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! ''u'' | ! ''u'' | ||
| ʊ̯a || colspan=2 | uɪ̯ || rowspan=2 | ʊ̯ɛ || - || oʊ̯ | | ʊ̯a || colspan=2 | uɪ̯~ʊ̯e || rowspan=2 | ʊ̯ɛ || - || oʊ̯ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! ''o'' | ! ''o'' | ||
| oʊ̯ || colspan=2 | oɪ̯ || oʊ̯ || - | | oʊ̯ || colspan=2 | oɪ̯ || oʊ̯ || - | ||
|} | |} | ||
Though ⟨ue⟩ is usually pronounced /uɪ̯/, it is sometimes pronounced /ʊ̯e/ in some words, such as ''Uesi'' "(Colonial) the Colonies" [[Help:IPA|[ʊ̯esi]]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references group="lower-alpha"/> | <references group="lower-alpha"/> | ||