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| English in the AETHER timeline is an Indo-European language and has pretty much the same vocabulary and grammar as our English, but is a Riphic language, not a Germanic one. It is native to our Germany and Poland area, not the British Isles.
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| ==Etymologies==
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| *''leitmotif'': an opera which used a leitmotif for a character named Lait or Light? (it was an operatic version of Death Note)
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| *''karma'': a non-Earth Indo-Aryan language
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| *''mana'': from IA *manas
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| *''Parmesan'': unknown. A folk etymology derives it from a [[Cubrite]] woman's name (Parm Eshan?).
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| *German linguistic terminology: invented by Edna? The standard terms are:
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| **''affection'' not ''umlaut''
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| **''apophony'' not ''ablaut''
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| **''linguistic area'' not ''sprachbund''
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| **''lexical aspect'' not ''aktionsart''
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| **''case stacking'' not ''suffixaufnahme''
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| **''place of origin'' not ''urheimat''
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| ==Accents==
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| ===The "Sephardi-Estuary-Ashkenazi" continuum===
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| (Stolen from Lõis)
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| ====Overview====
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style=""
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| ! colspan="5" | Vowels
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Feature !! style="width: 250px;" | Western ("Sephardi") !! style="width: 250px;" | L-Philadelphian!! style="width: 250px;" | L-Standard !! style="width: 250px;" | Eastern ("Ashkenazi")
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| ! KIT
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| | ɪ || ɪ~ɪ̈ || ɪ~ɪ̈ || i
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| ! DRESS
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| | ɛ || ɛ || ɛ || e
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| ! TRAP
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| | a~ɑ || æ; eə~ɛə before /m n/ || a || a
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| ! BATH (the BATH lexical set is same as RP)
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| | a~ɑ || eə~ɛə || a || a
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| ! LOT
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| | ɔ || ɑ~ä || ɔ~ɒ || o
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| ! STRUT
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| | ʊ || ʌ~ɤ || ɜ̟~ɐ || ɜ
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| ! FOOT
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| | ʊ || ʊ || ʊ̈~ɘ || u
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| ! FLEECE
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| | iː || iʝ + reinforcement before C; ɪj otherwise || ɪj~iː || iː
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| ! FACE
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| | eː~eɪ || ɪj + reinforcement before C; ɛɪ otherwise || ɛɪ || eɪ
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| ! PRICE
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| | aɪ || əɪ~ʌɪ + reinforcement before C; ɑɪ~ɒɪ otherwise || ɑɪ || aɪ
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| ! CHOICE
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| | oɪ || oɪ~ʊɪ + reinforcement before C; oɪ otherwise || oɪ || ɔɪ~oɪ
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| ! MOUTH
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| | aʊ || æʊ~ɛɔ || æʊ || aʊ
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| ! GOAT
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| | oː~oʊ || əʊ~ə̟ʊ~eʊ, oʊ before [ɫ] || ə̟ʊ~əʊ~əʏ~ʌʏ, ɔʊ~ɒʊ before [ɫ]|| ɔɪ~oɪ
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| ! GOOSE
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| | uː || üw~yː, uː before [ɫ] || üː~yː, uː before [ɫ] || uː
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| ! PALM
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| | ɑː || ɑ~ä || ɑː || aː
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| ! THOUGHT
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| | ɑː || oə(ɹ)~ʊə(ɹ) || oː || ɔː
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| ! NEAR
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| | iːɹ || iə(ɹ) || ɪɚ~ɪə || iʀ
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| ! SQUARE
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| | eːɹ || eə(ɹ) || ɛɚ~ɛə || eʀ
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| ! NURSE
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| | əːɹ || əː(ɹ) || ɚː~əː || əʀ
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| ! START
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| | ɑːɹ || ɒː(ə)(ɹ) || ɑɚ~ɑː || aʀ
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| ! NORTH
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| | ɑːɹ || oə(ɹ) || oɚ~oə || oʀ
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| ! FORCE
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| | oːɹ || oə(ɹ) || oɚ~oə (oʊɚ~əʊɚ for Jewish speakers) || ɔɪʀ~oɪʀ
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| ! POOR
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| | uːɹ || oə(ɹ) || uɚ~uə || uʀ
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| ! CURE
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| | juːɹ || joə(ɹ)~jə(ɹ) || juɚ~jɚː~juə~jəː || juʀ
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| ! commA
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| | ə || ə(ɹ) || ə || ə
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| ! lettER
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| | əɹ || ə(ɹ) || ɚ~əː || əʀ
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| ! happY
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| | i || iː~ɪj || iː~ɪj || i
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| ! colspan="5" | Other phenomena
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Feature !! style="width: 250px;" | Western !! style="width: 250px;" | L-Philadelphian!! style="width: 250px;" | L-Standard !! style="width: 250px;" | Eastern
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| ! Rhoticity
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| | Historical /r/ is always [ɹ] || Non-rhotic with intrusive R || Freely varies || Historical /r/ is always [ʀ]
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| ! Dark L
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| | Always || Always, often vocalizing || Only when non-prevocalic || Never
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| ! /θ ð/
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| | Always [t̪ d̪] || Often [t̪ d̪] || [θ ð] || [s̠ d]
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| ! /w/
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| | [w] || [w] || [w] || [v]
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| ! Aspiration of voiceless stops and t/d-tapping
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| | As in AmE || As in AmE || As in AmE || Never
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| ====Western accent====
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| This is the "Western English" accent. When [[L-Hebrew|Hebrew]] is read in this accent, it sounds like Israeli Hebrew with an American accent. It still has some non-Sephardi features, e.g. tsere = FACE = [eɪ] is distinct from segol = DRESS = [ɛ].
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| The intonation is stereotypical American/Valley Girl.
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| ====L-Philadelphian====
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| This accent is spoken in both the city of Alaşehir in Turkey (or as locals call it, "Flulfia"), and in Philadelphia, PA (called "New Philadelphia"). It's a non-rhotic version of our Philly accent; r-intrusion is used, as in our New York accent.
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| */l/ is always dark [ɫ] and often vocalizes to a uvularized, pharyngealized or nasalized [ɰ].
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| *A 3-way distinction of Mary [meəɹi], merry [mɛɹi~mɤɹi], marry [mæɹi], unlike Standard English
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| *hurry [hɤɹi], furry [fəːɹi]
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| *orange [ɒɹɪndʒ]
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| *mirror [mɪɹə(ɹ)] != nearer [niəɹə(ɹ)]
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| */iːg/ > /ɪg/, /eɪg/ > /ɛg/ in many words
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| */θ ð/ are commonly [t̪ d̪].
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| *Philadelphian A-tensing system reminiscent of trap-bath split
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| A characteristic feature is ''reinforcement'' for certain vowels or diphthongs before consonants, which changes the pronunciation of the vowel:
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| *The nucleus is shortened.
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| *When the consonant is voiced, the offglide is lengthened: ''fame'' [fɪiːm]
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| *When the consonant is voiceless, the consonant is lengthened: ''face'' [fɪjsː]
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| ====L-Standard English====
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| Often called the "Newton accent". Also a standard for [[L-Hebrew|English Hebrew]].
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| A kind of "Transatlantic accent", inspired by Californian + Philadelphia + Modern RP/Estuary.
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| Intonation is mostly American + my own weird intonation (my intonation basically)
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| =====Vowels=====
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| *orange = [oːɹəndʒ]
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| *Mary-merry-marry merger
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| *Mirror-nearer merger
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| *Hurry-furry merger
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| *No mergers before /l/
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| *No trap-bath split
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| =====Consonants=====
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| *L is light [l] before vowels and dark [ɫ] otherwise, as in RP.
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| **wholly-holy split.
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| *No glottal reinforcement before stops.
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| */p t k/ are unaspirated after stressed syllables as in AmE.
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| */d t/ has a tapped [ɾ] allophone in similar environments as in American English.
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| *wine-whine merger optional.
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| */r/ may be [ʋ] between vowels.
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| ====Eastern accent====
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| "Poylish" accent?
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