Elliott Lash wrote:
> Hinession was a language spoken in various conclaves
> over a wide area. These conclaves were mostly isolated
> from each other,
I think the word you're looking for is 'enclave' (pronounced, at least
in my dialect, like 'conclave' but without the initial c-).
> and thus, even though there was a
> standard lanuage (the dialect termed Northern
> Central), which was spoken and written in the north as
> the main language of the state, most areas used their
> own, wildly divergent varieties. There are 17 main
> varieties, which are further grouped into geographic
> dialect areas which, usually share similar phonetic
> properties.
Yay! Dialects are funky!
> (G = voiced velar fricative)
> (R = french R)
> (^ = upside down V in IPA)
Most IPA transcriptions on this list use X-Sampa, which uses V for the
upside-down V. Take a look at
<http://www.i-foo.com/~kturtle/misc/xsamchart.gif> for more information.
> 1) /naG/ /paht/ /gaRs/ /daR/
> 2) /nA:G/ /pAht/ /gARs/ /dAR/
Is there *really* a /h/ there? That sounds incredibly odd. Anyone know
of any natlangs that've done that?
Tristan.