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

Conjugation Distinctions

Kaej, to be

	FSF*		CSF*		OLF*		SLF*		PFK*
First Person Singular	kejih hav		kejihav		kav		kih hav		kejih
Second Person Singular	kejeih nor		kejeih nor		keur		keih nor		kejeih
Third Person Animate Singular	kejoah doan		kejoan		koan		koah doan		kejoah
Third Person Inanimate Singular	kejoah doam		kejoam		koam		koah doam		kejoah

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]