Bruges dialect | |
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Brugs | |
Pronunciation |
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Region | Bruges |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
The Bruges dialect (Standard Dutch and West Flemish: Brugs) is a West Flemish dialect used in Bruges. It is rapidly declining, being replaced with what scholars call general (rural) West Flemish.[1][2][3]
According to Hinskens & Taeldeman (2013), /r/ is realized as a voiced uvular trill with little friction [ʀ̝]. In the neighbouring rural area, an alveolar [r] is used.[1]
However, according to Sebregts (2014), the vast majority of the speakers in Bruges realize /r/ as alveolar, not uvular.[4]
Definitely, the most common realization of /r/ is a voiced alveolar tap [ɾ], which is used about four times more often than the second most common realization, which is a voiced alveolar trill [r]. The other alveolar realizations include: a voiceless alveolar trill [r̥], a partially devoiced alveolar trill [r̥], a voiceless alveolar fricative tap/trill [ɾ̞̊ ~ r̝̊], a voiceless alveolar/postalveolar fricative [ɹ̝̊, ɹ̠̊˔] (the least common realization), a voiced alveolar/postalveolar fricative [ɹ̝ ~ ɹ̠˔] and a voiced alveolar approximant [ɹ].[4]
Among the uvular realizations, he lists a voiced uvular trill [ʀ], a voiced uvular fricative trill [ʀ̝], a voiced uvular fricative [ʁ] and a voiced uvular approximant [ʁ̞], among which the uvular fricative trill is the most common realization. He also lists a central vowel (which probably means [ə], [ɐ] or both of these) and elision of /r/, both of which are very rare.[4]
Front | Central | Back | |||||
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unrounded | rounded | unrounded | |||||
short | long | short | long | short | short | long | |
Close | ɪ | ʏ | ʊ | ||||
Mid | ɛ | ɛː ɛ̃ː | œ | œː | ə | ɔ | ɔː |
Open | æ | æː | ɑ | ɑː |
Ending point | |||
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Front | Central | Back | |
Close | iːə uːə | ||
Close-mid | eɪ øʏ | eːə | oʊ |
Open-mid | ɔːə | ɔu |