Faraneit Dialectical Slang

Dialect Acronyms

FSF = Formal Standard Faraneit, the "proper" lingua franca of Lescealh and much of Lheinead

CSF = Colloquial Standard Faraneit, the common variant on FSF

OLF = Orthdox Lescealh Faraneit, the main Lescealh variant

SLF = Southwestern Lescealh Faraneit, an unusual variant in (suprisingly) southwestern Lescealh

PFK = Poleiseam Faraneik, a variant exported to Poleiseam

Sound Changes

• FSF/CSF to OLF:
  • /pɛ/, /pɪ/, /pɔ/, /pʊ/ + Fricative# > /pf/
  • /tɛ/, /tɪ/, /tɔ/, /tʊ/ + Fricative# > /ts/
  • /kɛ/, /kɪ/, /kɔ/, /kʊ/ + Fricative# > /kx/
  • /qɛ/, /qɪ/, /qɔ/, /qʊ/ + Fricative# > /qχ/
  • /ʊ/ > /ə/
  • /ɪ/ > /ɨ/
• FSF/CSF to SLF:
  • Vowel + /ni#/ > Vowel + /ɲɪ#/
  • Vowel + /ni/ + Vowel > Vowel + /ɲ/ + Vowel
  • [ʃ ʒ] > [s z]
• FSF/CSF to PFK:
  • /t#/ > /k#/
  • /ʊ/ > /u/ > /y/
  • /ɔ/ > /o/ > /ø/
  • /ɪ/ > /ə/
  • unaccented /ɛ/ and /a/ merge into [ɒ]
  • /f θ/ before a rounded vowel > [f]