Old and Middle Etrandish dialects

Old Etrandish and Middle Etrandish had a variety of dialects:

West Etrandish
Western Etrandish became the de facto standard during the Middle Etrandish period.
 * The diphthongization of to  happened earlier than in other dialects, attested as 300 BEKE in writing, as opposed to the 150 BEKE in other dialects
 * became as early as 150 BEKE. This change only spread to other dailects between 0 AEKE and 100 AEKE, during the early Middle Etrandish period.

Southern Etrandish

 * Unlike in other dialects, never diphthongized to, but instead got raised to . As a result, Some words in Current Southern Etrandish still have  instead of the Standard Etrandish.
 * While in other dialects, intervocalic - which was originally pronounced as  - hardened to, it became  in Southern Etrandish. As a result, Some words in Current Southern Etrandish still have  instead of the Standard Etrandish.
 * The original was pronounced as a velar, which hardened to  in the coda-position.
 * Coda-position was often written like . Coda-position  and  may have merged as  or . This dialectal feature did not survive into the Southern dialect of Middle Etrandish.

Inner Etrandish

 * coalsced into as early as 200 BEKE, while in other dialects, this happened between 0 and 300 AEKE, becoming standard by 300. This is evidenced by some inscriptions writing,  or  instead of.
 * There was an ongoing sprintalization of coda-position to  before the unification of Etrand. This feature did not survive into Middle Etrandish.

Northern Etrandish

 * The dialect had word-final devoicing of voiced stops. The glide also became  word-finally and before voiceless consonants.
 * Before the unification of Etrand, there was an ongoing shift of to,  to . Some archaic dialectal words and personal names still reflect this.
 * became, rather than in Northern Etrandish. This may be evidence for the uvular articulation of  as  dating back to Old Etrandish times.