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== Dialects == | == Dialects == | ||
As the Folk Nation's population began to grow, the influx of new speakers of the Soft Language led to a lot of changes to occur in the spoken language. This is when the 5 dialects began to form what's known today as the Common Language. | As the Folk Nation's population began to grow, the influx of new speakers of the Soft Language led to a lot of changes to occur in the spoken language. This is when the 5 dialects began to form what's known today as the Common Language. At first there was only four dialects that formed, and each of these were named for the four directions. The number four is very sacred to the Folk Nation, and these four dialects were seen to fit into their Wheel of Health, and seen to exhibit the properties of the four elements. | ||
The Northern Dialect is seen to represent the Air Element, and the speech resembles this by being very light. Many of the phonemes are dropped or softened. | |||
The Eastern Dialect is the language of the Fire Element. Folk Nation consider this speech to be very bright and fiery. This is because the phonemes are sharp and distinct. | |||
The Earth Element is represented by the Southern Dialect. This speech is said to be very hard, and there exists a lot of harsher sounds in this dialect. | |||
The last dialect is the Western Dialect. This is representative of the Water Element. Many of the phonemes are softened into fricatives or palatalized, making this language seem fluid like water. | |||
The fifth dialect was organized as a way to help people learn the language. This is considered to be the neutral language and is the language used for teaching. Many people study this language and naturally their speech takes the form of one of the other four dialects. This neutral dialect is known as the Central Dialect, as is the dialect we use to describe the features of Folk's Tongue on this page. Other pages might come in the future to describe in further detail the specifics of the other four dialects. | |||
== Writing Systems == | == Writing Systems == | ||