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The '''North dialects''' or '''Northern dialects'''(Izhkut: ''yojjun oshulre''), also called the '''Ilyod dialects'''(''yojjun Ilyod'') are dialects spoken in the north of the Mainland. Their alternate name of the "Ilyod dialects" refer to the influence that the now extinct [[Ilyod|Ilyod language]](historically widely spoken in the areas where the North dialects are now prevalent) had on the phonology of the North dialects; most notably, the merging of /o/ into /u/, the lenition of /t d/ to /θ ð/ in all places(called "T-D lenition", this lenition also occurs in other dialects of Izhkut, though only allophonically of /t d/) and the lenition of the /lj/ cluster to just /j/. More recently, some features of [[Colonial Izhkut]] have seeped into the North dialects, more specifically the affricatisation of /ɟ/ to /d͡ʑ~d͡ʒ/. | The '''North dialects''' or '''Northern dialects'''(Izhkut: ''yojjun oshulre''), also called the '''Ilyod dialects'''(''yojjun Ilyod'') are dialects spoken in the north of the Mainland. Their alternate name of the "Ilyod dialects" refer to the influence that the now extinct [[Ilyod|Ilyod language]](historically widely spoken in the areas where the North dialects are now prevalent) had on the phonology of the North dialects; most notably, the merging of /o/ into /u/, the lenition of /t d/ to /θ ð/ in all places(called "T-D lenition", this lenition also occurs in other dialects of Izhkut, though only allophonically of /t d/) and the lenition of the /lj/ cluster to just /j/. More recently, some features of [[Colonial Izhkut]] have seeped into the North dialects, more specifically the affricatisation of /ɟ/ to /d͡ʑ~d͡ʒ/. | ||
====South dialects==== | ====South dialects==== | ||
The ''South dialects''' or '''Southern dialects'''(Izhkut: ''yojjun meshelre''), also called the '''Pokht dialects'''(''yojjun Pokht'') are dialects spoken in the south of the Mainland. Their alternate name of the "Pokht dialects" refer to the influence of the [[Pokht|Pokht language]], which was historically, and to a much lesser extent still is, spoken natively in the Pokht region and the wider southern Mainland. Typical features of the South dialects include a lack of T-D lenition altogether, the use of ''a'' or ''ai'' as informal singular second person pronouns, and very occasionally, the lowering of /o/ to /ɔ/, though this is most common in bilingual speakers of Pokht and Izhkut. | The '''South dialects''' or '''Southern dialects'''(Izhkut: ''yojjun meshelre''), also called the '''Pokht dialects'''(''yojjun Pokht'') are dialects spoken in the south of the Mainland. Their alternate name of the "Pokht dialects" refer to the influence of the [[Pokht|Pokht language]], which was historically, and to a much lesser extent still is, spoken natively in the Pokht region and the wider southern Mainland. Typical features of the South dialects include a lack of T-D lenition altogether, the use of ''a'' or ''ai'' as informal singular second person pronouns, and very occasionally, the lowering of /o/ to /ɔ/, though this is most common in bilingual speakers of Pokht and Izhkut. | ||
The South dialects, and by proxy the Pokht language as well, are notable in that they are generally considered the basis of early forms of the Colonial dialects; including O-lowering and lack of T-D lenition; the lack of T-D lenition also influenced [[Bay Islands Creole#Phonology|Bay Islands Creole phonology]]. | The South dialects, and by proxy the Pokht language as well, are notable in that they are generally considered the basis of early forms of the Colonial dialects; including O-lowering and lack of T-D lenition; the lack of T-D lenition also influenced [[Bay Islands Creole#Phonology|Bay Islands Creole phonology]]. | ||