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Minhast is divided into two major dialects. Upper Minhast and Lower Minhast. The two dialects groups differ chiefly in phonetics and the lexicon (for instance, Lower Minhast contains loanwords from neighbouring languages -e.g. Golahat- which Upper Minhast doesn't). Otherwise, the two dialects are mutually intelligible. | Minhast is divided into two major dialects. Upper Minhast and Lower Minhast. The two dialects groups differ chiefly in phonetics and the lexicon (for instance, Lower Minhast contains loanwords from neighbouring languages -e.g. Golahat- which Upper Minhast doesn't). Otherwise, the two dialects are mutually intelligible. | ||
The Crane Speaker Dialect is traditionally considered, due to its historical split from the mainland dialects, a part of the Upper Minhast group, but modern study of the differences which characterize the CSD seem to indicate that the linguistic split might have happened a longer time before the speakers left Minhay (around 1900), in a way which would place CSD in a more basal level within the Minhast tree. | The Crane Speaker Dialect is traditionally considered, due to its historical split from the mainland dialects, a part of the Upper Minhast group, but modern study of the differences which characterize the CSD seem to indicate that the linguistic split might have happened a longer time before the speakers left Minhay (around 1900), in a way which would place CSD in a more basal level within the Minhast tree. Two of those contending classifications situate the CSD as follows: | ||
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|label1=Minhastic Languages | |label1=''Minhastic Languages'' | ||
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|label1=Regional Historical Dialects | |label1=''Regional Historical Dialects'' | ||
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|label1=Upper Minhast | |label1=''Upper Minhast'' | ||
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|label1=Mainland Dialects | |label1=Mainland Dialects | ||
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|2=Crane Speaker Dialect (Ryu Kyu) | |2='''''Crane Speaker Dialect''''' (Ryu Kyu) [after x] | ||
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|label3=Lower Minhast | |label3=Lower Minhast | ||
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|3=Stone Speakers (Neskud and Yaxparim prefectures) | |3=Stone Speakers (Neskud and Yaxparim prefectures) | ||
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|4='''''Crane Speaker Dialect''''' (Ryu Kyu) [after y] | |||
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|label2=NCR Modern Dialects | |label2=NCR Modern Dialects |
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