The Karvokan accent
The main feature of the karvokan accent is that they pronounce a lot of weak υ's as ц's. For instance:
υ > ц;
Нαυπιᴧα (Naupila; [næʋpila]) is pronounced [nɐvpila] (or [nɐfpila]).
ευтιι ('good'; [ɛʋtii]) is pronounced [ɛvtii].
ε > ';
ᴧυβεр ('book') > ᴧυβр.
The Naupilan accent
As naupiles are merchants, they are very busy men and therefore have no time to pronounce 'all those long vowels' *. The following changes have occured:
ει > ι;
ειδειн > ιδιн ('to see').
ου > ο;
παтрο мου > παтрο мο ('my father').
ιι > ι;
ευтιι > ευтι ('good').
ιι > ι ('he goes').
Also, strong vowel versions (α:, υ:, ι: and ι.) are ignored when vowel assimilation is concerned. E.g.:
ἁοмα > ὡмα ('we have').
Furthermore, υ's are pronounced (but not written) as ι's.
Finally, the ι: is pronounced as the semi-vowel [j] to form more diphthongs:
Λυтια (Lutia; [lytia] or [lytija]) is pronounced [lɪtja].
*This is actually quite paradoxal, because you can imagine how hard it might be to understand someone who speakes with such an accent.
This is great, I quite like it. A little about the Karvokan accent I was imagining. I wonder, is there any kind of Koiné? Or which of the lurioneski languages is used as a lingua franca? That would be very interesting. Kind of what happened with Greek.
ReplyDeleteYes, the Lutian accent is considered the most proper. Two people might however have a conversation each in their on accent, understanding eachother good enough (most of the time).
ReplyDeleteWhy's there no comment about Dorina? Is their accent the same as Lutian? I would like to know about the Dorinan language, as they are warlike they remind me of my dear Spartans, lol.
ReplyDeleteWhat features do they have?