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== Dialectology ==
== Dialectology ==


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 has traditionally been considered an integral part of the Upper Minhast group, given the history of its split from the mainland dialects through emigration from mainland Minhay to Japan around the year 1900. Nevertheless, modern comparative study of the differences which characterize the CSD seem to indicate that the linguistic split from the established subgroups of ''Regional Historical Dialects'' in the mainland must have happened a longer time before the speakers left Minhay than previously thought. This earlier split would place CSD in a more basal level within the Minhast tree, perhaps as part of a lost third branch parallel to the Upper versus Lower Minhast split. The main point made Two of these contending classifications situate the CSD as follows:
The Crane Speaker Dialect has traditionally been considered an integral part of the ''Upper Minhast'' group, given the history of its split from the mainland dialects through emigration from the ''Upper Minhast'' speaking prefectures to Japan around the year 1900. Nevertheless, modern comparative study of the differences which characterize the CSD seem to indicate that the linguistic split from the established subgroups of ''Regional Historical Dialects'' in the mainland must have happened before the speakers left Minhay and a longer time ago than previously thought. This earlier split would place CSD in a more basal level within the Minhast tree, perhaps as part of a lost third branch parallel to the ''Upper versus Lower Minhast'' split. The main point made by two of these contending classifications situate the CSD as follows:


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