Faraneit Dialectical Slang
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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* | |||||
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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]