[Eittlandic] Better difference between Standard & Modern Eittlandic
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@ -224,8 +224,13 @@ strong and does not face any risk of disappearing anytime soon,
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although we might be at the start of the decline of the historical
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dialects of Eittland in favor of Standard Eittlandic.
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In this document, we will mostly address Standard Eittlandic, although
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some dialectal variation will be mentioned.
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In this document, you will see references to both Standard Eittlandic
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and Modern Eittlandic. Although some people use the terms
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interchangeably, they are not. /Standard Eittlandic/ refers to the
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official dialect described above, while /Modern Eittlandic/ refers to
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all modern dialects of Eittlandic. This document focuses on Modern
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Eittlandic in general, and when details about specific dialects are
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given, the name of said dialect will be shared.
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** Name of the Country
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:PROPERTIES:
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@ -598,12 +603,12 @@ marking makes the sentence /fisk barn etar/ much more gruesome.
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Eittlandic is now a SOV language with a much stricter word order than
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it used to be. This is an important change since Old Eittlandic which
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main word order was VSO instead. For instance, here is the same
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sentence in Old Eittlandic and in Standard Eittlandic, meaning /he
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sentence in Old Eittlandic and in Modern Eittlandic, meaning /he
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carried him to some lake/.
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- Old Eittlandic :: Han bar hann til vatns nákkurs
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| han | bar | han-n | til | vatn-s | nákkur-s |
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| he.NOM | carry.3sg.pret | 3sg.m-ACC | to | lake-DAT | some-DAT |
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- Standard Eittlandic :: Han til vatn nákkur hann bar
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- Modern Eittlandic :: Han til vatn nákkur hann bar
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| han | til | vatn | nákkur | hann | bar |
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| 3sg.m.NOM | to | lake | some | he.ACC | carry.3sg.pret |
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@ -1007,12 +1012,12 @@ casual speech but almost never in formal speech.
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:CUSTOM_ID: Structural-Preview-Phonetic-Inventory-and-Translitteration-Vowels-vishtyt058j0
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:END:
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Modern Standard Eittlandic has a total of ten simple vowels and three
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diphthongs. Unlike its ancestor language, Old Norse, it does not bear
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any distinction in vowel length anymore since the great vowel shift
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(see §[[#Great-Vowel-Shift-7spk7j70uaj0]]). The table [[tab:vow:ipa]] lists
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the Eittlandic simple vowels while the table [[tab:vow:dipththongs]] lists
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the Eittlandic diphthongs.
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Modern Eittlandic has a total of ten simple vowels and three
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diphthongs, regardless of the dialect. Unlike its ancestor language,
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Old Norse, it does not bear any distinction in vowel length anymore
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since the great vowel shift (see §[[#Great-Vowel-Shift-7spk7j70uaj0]]).
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The table [[tab:vow:ipa]] lists the Eittlandic simple vowels while the
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table [[tab:vow:dipththongs]] lists the Eittlandic diphthongs.
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#+name: tab:vow:ipa
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#+caption: Vowel inventory of Modern Eittlandic
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