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== Dialectology ==

Minhast has several dialects, twelve major traditional dialects centered in the Prefectures, most of which are mutually intelligible. These dialects have been traditionally divided into two superdialects, Upper Minhast, and Lower Minhast. Upper Minhast, which consists of several dialects in the northern highlands, encompasses the Northern Coast, Northeastern Mountain Coastal Range (''Gaššarat'', lit. "basalt"), the Kilmay Rī Mountain Range, the Central Plateau ''(Kammak min Nukya)'', and the the Great Plains (''Hamhāmarū'' , lit. "The Great Clearing of the Grasses"). Lower Minhast traditionally has been defined as the dialects south of the tribal territories ''("karak"s)'' of the Dog, Salmon and Horse Speakers. The ''uyyi min kirim'', lit. "The (way) of saying the (suffix) ''-uyyi''" is the primary test in delineating which superdialect a given dialect should be grouped under, although other tests may be employed as well, such as the frequency of loanwords from the unrelated minority languages Peshpeg and Golahat; the dialects of Upper Minhay have virtually no loanwords from these languages, whereas the dialects of Lower Minhay have such loans in varying degrees.

Minhast has several dialects, twelve major traditional dialects centered in the Prefectures, most of which are mutually intelligible. These dialects have been traditionally divided into two superdialects, Upper Minhast, and Lower Minhast. Upper Minhast, which consists of several dialects in the northern highlands, encompasses the Northern Coast, Northeastern Mountain Coastal Range (''Gaššarat'', lit. "basalt"), the Kilmay Rī Mountain Range, the Central Plateau ''(Kammak min Nukya)'', and the the Great Plains (''Hamhāmarū'' , lit. "The Great Clearing of the Grasses"). Lower Minhast traditionally has been defined as the dialects south of the tribal territories ''("karak''s") of the Dog, Salmon and Horse Speakers. The ''uyyi min kirim'', lit. "The (way) of saying the (suffix) ''-uyyi''" is the primary test in delineating which superdialect a given dialect should be grouped under, although other tests may be employed as well, such as the frequency of loanwords from the unrelated minority languages Peshpeg and Golahat; the dialects of Upper Minhay have virtually no loanwords from these languages, whereas the dialects of Lower Minhay have such loans in varying degrees.

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 == Dialectology ==
-Minhast has several dialects, twelve major traditional dialects centered in the Prefectures, most of which are mutually intelligible. These dialects have been traditionally divided into two superdialects, Upper Minhast, and Lower Minhast.  Upper Minhast, which consists of several dialects in the northern highlands, encompasses the Northern Coast, Northeastern Mountain Coastal Range (''Gaššarat'', lit. "basalt"), the Kilmay Rī Mountain Range, the Central Plateau ''(Kammak min Nukya)'', and the the Great Plains (''Hamhāmarū'' , lit. "The Great Clearing of the Grasses").  Lower Minhast traditionally has been defined as the dialects south of the tribal territories ''("karak"s)'' of the Dog, Salmon and Horse Speakers.  The ''uyyi min kirim'', lit. "The (way) of saying the (suffix) ''-uyyi''" is the primary test in delineating which superdialect a given dialect should be grouped under, although other tests may be employed as well, such as the frequency of loanwords from the unrelated minority languages Peshpeg and Golahat; the dialects of Upper Minhay have virtually no loanwords from these languages, whereas the dialects of Lower Minhay have such loans in varying degrees.
+Minhast has several dialects, twelve major traditional dialects centered in the Prefectures, most of which are mutually intelligible. These dialects have been traditionally divided into two superdialects, Upper Minhast, and Lower Minhast.  Upper Minhast, which consists of several dialects in the northern highlands, encompasses the Northern Coast, Northeastern Mountain Coastal Range (''Gaššarat'', lit. "basalt"), the Kilmay Rī Mountain Range, the Central Plateau ''(Kammak min Nukya)'', and the the Great Plains (''Hamhāmarū'' , lit. "The Great Clearing of the Grasses").  Lower Minhast traditionally has been defined as the dialects south of the tribal territories ''("karak''s") of the Dog, Salmon and Horse Speakers.  The ''uyyi min kirim'', lit. "The (way) of saying the (suffix) ''-uyyi''" is the primary test in delineating which superdialect a given dialect should be grouped under, although other tests may be employed as well, such as the frequency of loanwords from the unrelated minority languages Peshpeg and Golahat; the dialects of Upper Minhay have virtually no loanwords from these languages, whereas the dialects of Lower Minhay have such loans in varying degrees.
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