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

PRESENT:

	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

SIMPLE PAST:

	FSF*		CSF*		OLF*		SLF*		PFK*
First Person Singular	kojih hav		kojihav		kov		koh hav		koejih
Second Person Singular	kojeih nor		kojeih nor		koh		koh nor		koejyh
Third Person Animate Singular	kojoah doan		kojoan		koh		koh doan		koejoh
Third Person Inanimate Singular	kojoah doam		kojoam		koh		koh doam		koejoah

NARRATIVE PAST:

	FSF*		CSF*		OLF*		SLF*		PFK*
First Person Singular	keujih hav		keujihav		koav		keuh hav		kujih
Second Person Singular	kejeih nor		kejeih nor		kor		keuh nor		koejyh
Third Person Animate Singular	keujoah doan		keujoan		kon		keuh doan		koejoh
Third Person Inanimate Singular	keujoah doam		keujoam		keum		keuh doam		kujoh

FUTURE:

	FSF*		CSF*		OLF*		SLF*		PFK*
First Person Singular	kijih hav		kijihav		keiv		kihav		kijih
Second Person Singular	kijeih nor		kijeih nor		keir		kih nor		kijyh
Third Person Animate Singular	kijoah doan		kijoan		ken		kih doan		kijoh
Third Person Inanimate Singular	kijoah doam		kijoam		kem		kih doam		kijoh

It should be noted that both OLF and SLF continue to use subjunctive forms of kej derived from CSF. PF does the same, but omits the pronoun in most circumstances.

OLF increasingly also uses the cliticized forms from CSF for rej, karotej, and boaneicej.

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]