Poirih dialects

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There are four groups of dialects:

  • Standard Poirih (not on the map)
  • West Mich-Inzl (shades of red/orange)
  • East Mich-Inzl (shades of blue)
  • Chirachi (shades of green)

People in Honkoa speak a dialect with western and eastern Mich-Inzl elements (purple on the map).
The closest relative of the Kazua dialect is the one spoken in Lankoin, but the map can't reflect that.

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Pronunciation of the different Poirih transcription letters in Standard Poirih as well as the provincial dialects spoken in Yuunli (all pronunciation indications in X-SAMPA):

A, short

Standard: [a], word-finally [6]
Poapik: E [@]
Chirachi:
- Kazua: A [a], word-finally E [@]
- Lankoin: A [a], unstressed Ä [&], word-finally [@]
- Pinkeba, Tameza: Ä [&], word-finally E [@]
- Poichbiezn: Ä [&], word-finally A [6]

A, long

Standard: [a:]
Chirachi: Ä [&:]
- Kazua: A [a:]
- Lankoin: A [a:], unstressed Ä [&:]
Mich-Inzl: Â [A:]
- Itupt, Oipach, Tenkaz: Å [Q:]
- Muituan, Uaza: A [a:]
- Poapil: E [@:]

AI

Standard: [aI]
Mich-Inzl:
- Honkoa: AU [6U]
- Itupt: Ò [O:]
- Muituan, Uaza: AI [aI]
- Oipach, Poapik, Tenkaz: Å [Q:]
- Loreka, Riftal, Zentai: AÜ [6Y]

B

Standard: [b]
Chirachi: WH [P]
- Pinkeba: after unstressed vowel W [w]
Mich-Inzl:
- Honkoa, Riftal: ZH [Z]
- Loreka, Zentai: syllable-finally P [p_h]

CH

Standard: [C]
Chirachi: S [s], before a vowel Z [z]
- Tameza: after unstressed vowel TH [T] or DH [D]
Mich-Inzl:
- Muituan: SH [S]
- Itupt, Oipach, Putal, Tenkaz: Y [j]
- Poapik: Y [j], dropped word-initially

E, short

Standard: È [E]
Chirachi: E [e]
East Mich-Inzl: Ö [9] (Itupt, Kant, Muituan, Oipach, Poapik, Tenkaz, Uaza)

E, long

Standard: È [E:]
Chirachi and West Mich-Inzl: E [e:]
East Mich-Inzl and Honkoa: Ö [2:]

EA

Standard: [E6]
Chirachi: ÄE [E@]
Mich-Inzl: Ö [2:]
- Kant, Muituan, Uaza: E [e:]

EI

Standard: [EI]
Chirachi: E [e:]
Mich-Inzl:
- Poapik: E [e:]
- Zentai: EÜ [EY]

È, short

Standard: [E]
Chirachi: Ö [2]
East Mich-Inzl and Honkoa: Ö [9]

È, long

Standard: [E:]
Chirachi: Ö [2:]
West Mich-Inzl: E [e:]
East Mich-Inzl and Honkoa: Ö [2:]

ÈA

Standard: [EI]
Chirachi: Ö [2:]
Mich-Inzl:
- Honkoa: EU [EU]
- Itupt: E [@:]
- Loreka, Riftal: IU [IU]
- Oipach, Poapik, Tenkaz: E [e:]
- Zentai: EÜ [EY]

F

Standard: [f]
Chirachi: before a vowel V [v]
Mich-Inzl:
- Honkoa, Itupt, Oipach, Poapik, Tenkaz, Uaza: dropped

H

Standard: [x]
Chirachi: dropped
Mich-Inzl: G [g]

I, short

Standard: [i]
Chirachi: Ù [}]
- Kazua, Poichbiezn: Ü [y]
Mich-Inzl: I [I]
- Loreka, Riftal, Zentai: I [i], only word-initially [I]

I, long

Standard: [i:]
Chirachi and Poapik: Ü [y:]

IA

Standard: [i6]
Chirachi: ÜE [Y@]
Mich-Inzl: Ü [y:]
- Muituan: Ÿ [1:]
- Putal: I [i:], word-initially Ü [y:]
- Riftal: Ö [2:]
- Uaza: I [i:]

K

Standard: [k]
Chirachi: KH [k_h], before a vowel G [g]
Mich-Inzl: KH [k_h]
- Honkoa, Loreka: dropped syllable-finally
- Itupt: word-initially G [g]
- Riftal: QH [q_h], dropped syllable-finally

L

Standard: [l`]
Chirachi: L [l]
West Mich-Inzl and Kant: W [w]
- Honkoa, Riftal: dropped

M

Standard: [m]
Chirachi: N [n]
- Kazua, Tameza: M [m]
Mich-Inzl:
- Itupt: word-initially MB [mb]

N

Standard: [n]
Itupt: word-initially ND [nd]

NG

Standard: [N]

NK

Standard: [Nk]

O, short

Standard: Ò [O]
Chirachi: O [o]
- Pinkeba: A [6]

O, long

Standard: Ò [O:]
Chirachi and Mich-Inzl: O [o:]
- Kant: Ò [O:]
- Pinkeba: A [6:]

OA

Standard: [O6]
Chirachi: OE [O@]
Mich-Inzl:
- Kant, Uaza: E [e:]
- Honkoa, Zentai: Ö [2:]

OI

Standard: [OI]
Chirachi: O [o:]

Ò, short

Standard: [O]
Chirachi: Å [Q]
- Poichbiezn: A [6]

Ò, long

Standard: [O:]
Chirachi: Å [Q:]
- Poichbiezn: A [6:]
Mich-Inzl: O [o:]
- Kant: Ò [O:]

ÒA

Standard: [O6]
Chirachi: OE [O@]
Mich-Inzl:
- Oipach, Putal, Riftal, Zentai: Ö [2:]

ÒI

Standard: [OI]
Chirachi: A [a:]
Mich-Inzl:
- Itupt: Ò [O:]
- Oipach, Tenkaz: O [o:]
- Poapik: O [o:], after M/P: Ö [2:]

P

Standard: [p]
Chirachi: PH [p_h], before a vowel [b]
Mich-Inzl: PH [p_h]
- Honkoa, Riftal: dropped syllable-finally
- Itupt: PF [pf], word-initially BV [bv]
- Loreka: P [p], dropped syllable-finally
- Muituan, Oipach, Poapik, Tenkaz, Uaza: PF [pf]
- Zentai: P [p]

R

Standard: [4]
Chirachi: RR [r]
Mich-Inzl: L [l]

T

Standard: [t]
Chirachi: TH [t_h], before a vowel D [d]
Mich-Inzl: TH [t_h]
- Honkoa, Loreka, Riftal: dropped syllable-finally
- Itupt: word-initially D [d]

U, short

Standard: [u]
Mich-Inzl: Ü [Y]
- Kant, Palempl, Zentai: U [U]
- Loreka: U [u], word-initially [U]
- Muituan: Ö [9]
- Putal: Ù [}]
- Riftal: U [u], word-initially Û [M]

U, long

Standard: [u:]
Mich-Inzl:
- Honkoa, Itupt, Oipach, Poapik, Tenkaz, Uaza: Ü [y:]
- Muituan: Ö [2:]
- Putal: Ù [}:]

UA

Standard: [u6]
Chirachi: UE [U@]
Mich-Inzl: Ü [y:]
- Muituan: Ÿ [1:]
- Palempl: UA [u6]
- Putal: I [i:] except word-initially
- Riftal: Ö [2:]
- Uaza: I [i:]

UI

Standard: [uI]
Chirachi: U [u:]
- Pinkeba: O [o:]
Mich-Inzl:
- Itupt, Oipach, Tenkaz: U [u:]
- Poapik: U [u:], after a consonant Û [M:]
- Putal: UI [UI], after W: I [i:]

Y

Standard: [j]

Z

Standard: [z]
Muituan: S [s]
Chirachi: S [s], before a vowel Z [z]
- Tameza: after unstressed vowel TH [T] or DH [D]