Copperport dialect

The Copperport dialect is a dialect of the Etrandish language. Some consider it a subdialect of either Eastern Etrandish or Southern Etrandish.

The dialect of Copperport shares a lot of features with the Southern Etrancoasti dialect. It is unknown which influenced which historically. Among the shared features are the retroflex realization of, retroflexion and affrication of , and the heavier palatalization of.

Phonology

 * Nasal vocalization.
 * Merger of and.
 * Th-stopping of to . This dental stop is exempted from the retroflexion after  that  goes through.
 * Tendency to voice word-final modally voiceless consonants, the city Copperport's name essentially becoming Copperpord
 * The retroflexion of the clusters to.
 * This is where the city's nickname Capperpudd originates from.
 * is raised to before.
 * lowered to in every other position.
 * is pronounced as an alveolar or uvular trill word-initially and when geminated; a retroflex flap  when medial, prevocalic and ungeminated; a retroflex approximant  when not prevocalic.
 * are pronounced as
 * The palatalization of are a lot stronger than in other dialects, them being realized as  or even.
 * Tendency to make silent. This is a very low-class feature that's only used by illiterate people.
 * Tendency to glottalize postvocalic to . This is a very low-class feature that's only used by illiterate people.
 * Presence of a lot of loanwords from Etrancoasti and Gabyrian, especially words relating to military, fishing, trade and other maritime activities.