Some Differences Between Town Speech and Plattdytch
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Phonology:
- In most varieties of Plattdytch, /r/ is [ɹ]] initially and after long vowels or reduced vowels(unstressed vowels including [ə]), but a trilled [r] between a short stressed vowel and another vowel.
- /s/ is pronounced as [z] initially in some(maybe most) varieties of Plattdytch.
- /w/ is pronounced as [ʋ] in many varieties of Plattdytch.
- in some(maybe most) varieties of Plattdytch, short /ʊ/ and /ɔ/ are merged into [o], and thus /ʊp/ "up, upon" would be [op] in these varieties.
- /ai/ and /au/ is pronounced as [əi] and [əu] or even [i:] and [u:] respectively in some(but not most) varieties of Plattdytch.
- [ç] has become [j] in some(but not most) varieties of Plattdytch.
- some speakers of Town Speech/Urban Basanawa may use epenthetic vowels to break initial and final clusters; besides, some speakers may render syllable-final /f/ and /x/ as [p] and [k] respectively; however, realizing syllable-final /f/ and /x/ as [p] and [k](or [j]) respectively is also seen in some varieties of Plattdytch.
- stressed and non-stressed syllables tend to be less distinctive in Town Speech than in most varieties of Plattdytch.
Morphosyntax:
- The Germanic subject-verb inversion is still the common way to produce questinos in Plattdytch; while in Town Speech/Urban Basanawa, polar questions are usually formed by the use of an initial particle, and the subject-verb inversion is considered archaic by Town Speech/Urban Basanawa speakers.
- Some(but not most) varieties of Plattdytch still has grammatical gender divided into the common gender and the neuter gender.
Lexical:
- Some(but not most) varieties of Plattdytch retain the 3rd singular feminine pronouns, which is pronounced as /si:/ in those varieties that still have it.
- the 1st and 2nd dual pronouns have been lost in all varieties of Plattdytch, they are only retained in Town Speech/Urban Basanawa.
- Town Speech/Urban Basanawa has a large amount of Sino-Xenic borrowings; while the lexicon of Plattdytch is still largely Germanic.
- The Sino-Xenic numerals don't exist in Plattdytch, and Plattdytch is counted in millions rather than myriads.
- Various semantic shifts in both sides.
Orthography:
- Town Speech/Urban Basanawa is written in Kanji and Kana derived from Japanese; Plattdytch uses basic Latin alphabet.
Genetics of the speakers:
- Town Speech/Urban Basanawa have a large genetic influx from Japanese and other ethnicities(especially Chinese) and have become East Asian physically; while Plattdytch speakers still retain the genetic heritage of Germanic peoples. This has also affected a large portion of cultural customs of both speakers.
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