Scellan/Accents: Difference between revisions
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==Skellan accents== | ==Skellan accents== | ||
Todo: More Skellan accents | Todo: More Skellan accents | ||
=== | ===Alcvean=== | ||
This is the most well-known of the non-nasal Eevo accents. It is characterized by having a vowel length distinction instead of nasal vowels. | This is the most well-known of the non-nasal Eevo accents. It is characterized by having a vowel length distinction instead of nasal vowels. | ||
====Contemporary==== | |||
The contemporary accent of Alcve, the capital of Skella. This is the default accent used in newscasting in Skella. | |||
*l is pronounced [ʁ̃] before a vowel. | |||
*/ai au eu/ = [æː ɑʊ eː] | |||
*/i y u/ = [ɪ ʏ ʊ] | |||
*/ĩ ỹ ũ ẽ ø̃ ə̃ õ ɛ̃ ã ɔ̃/ = [yː uː uː ɛː oː ɔː ɔu ʌː ɑː ɔː] | |||
**Linking L after nasal vowels, even when not historically nasal | |||
*/iə yə uə/ = [iː yː uː] | |||
*Unstressed /ə̃/ and /ɔ/ are realized as [ɔ]. | |||
*/ui/ = [oi] or even lower [oe] or [ɔe] | |||
*Especially in working-class accents, /ð/ may become [z], and /θ/ may participate in a chain shift: /θ/ > [t] and /t/ > [d]. | |||
*For the 1st person pronoun ''naw'', the form ''no'' is preferred in colloquial speech. Due to the L-linking rule (see above), this has led to the stereotype of Skellans saying ''nol'' for ''naw'' among non-Skellans. | |||
====Conservative==== | |||
*''l'' is pronounced [ɴ̆] before a vowel. | *''l'' is pronounced [ɴ̆] before a vowel. | ||
*Short vowels: /i y ə u ɛ œ a ɔ/ = [i y ə u ɛ œ a ɔ] | *Short vowels: /i y ə u ɛ œ a ɔ/ = [i y ə u ɛ œ a ɔ] | ||
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**''nert'' 'spark' = [nɛr̥t] | **''nert'' 'spark' = [nɛr̥t] | ||
**''arca'' 'skin' = [ˈar̥kʰə] | **''arca'' 'skin' = [ˈar̥kʰə] | ||
===Swuntsim accent=== | ===Swuntsim accent=== | ||