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*
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]

Syntactic Differences