Jalov dialect

Jalovan
Jaⱶlöviꞩ - Jaⱶlövȧ dialekt
Traditional Jalovan folklore festival
Pronunciation	/jɑː.lœ.vaˑ/
Native to	Walneria
Ethnicity	Jalova Walnerians
Native speakers	L1: ~3,450 L2: ~110 FL: >50
Language family	Euro-Argisian Dolchic West Dolchic High Dolch Walnerian Jalovan
Writing system	Latin alphabet
Official status
Recognised minority language in	9 Jalovan villages: Jalov (Jaⱶlöv) Cilsdorf (Zilsdorf) Himperk (Hįmberg) Semilë (ẞemilė) Lóssice (Loⱶẜitz) Ófhaim (Ąfhįm) Ssloiŕ (Ꞩloiⱶr) Bórkúm (Bąrkuⱶm) Dítanó (Ditȧ§dorf)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

The Jalov dialect (Jalovan: Jaⱶlövȧ dialekt; Walnerian: Jaloviss dialekt), alternatively named the Jalov language (Jalovan: Jaⱶlövȧ ẜpꝛaⱶħ; Walnerian: Jaloviss sproch), shorthand name being Jalovan (Jalovan: Jaⱶlöviꞩ; Walnerian: Jaloviss), is considered either to be the most distinct and linguistically furthest dialect of the Walnerian language or its own language of High Dolch family.

It is primairly spoken in the area of the middle age Dolchic linguistic enclave around Jalov, currently being used in 9 villages in the region.

Linguistic island

Flag used by the Jalovan minority

Walnerian name	Jalovan name	Percentage of Jalovans	Population	Region
Jalov	Jaⱶlöv	58%		Lómane
Cilsdorf	Zilsdorf	93%		Ŕezënfeld
Himperk	Hįmberg	88%		Lómane
Semilë	ẞemilė	68%		Lómane
Lóssice	Loⱶẜitz	53%		Lómane
Ófhaim	Ąfhįm	66%		Ŕezënfeld
Ssloiŕ	Ꞩloiⱶr	85%		Ŕezënfeld
Bórkúm	Bąrkuⱶm	90%		Lómane
Dítanó	Ditȧ§dorf	78%		Ŕezënfeld
Libice	Lįbitz	44%		Lómane
Rálskov	Raⱶlßką	42%		Ŕezënfeld

Alphabet

Jalovan alphabet table

See also: Walnerian orthography

The Jalovan dialect uses its own orthography.

A a	Ȧ ȧ	Ä ä	Ą ą	B b	C c	D d	E e	Ė ė	F f
G g	H h	Ħ ħ	Ⱶ ⱶ	I i	Į į	J j	K k	L l	M m
N n	O o	Ö ö	P p	Q q	R r ꝛ	S ſ s	Ꞩ ẜ ꞩ	ẞ ß §	T t
U u	V v	W w	X x	Y y	Z z

Phonology

Order	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26		27		28		29		30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Majuscule	A	Ȧ	Ä	Ą	B	C	D	E	Ė	F	G	H	Ħ	Ⱶ	I	Į	J	K	L	M	N	O	Ö	P	Q	R		S		Ꞩ		ẞ		T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z
Minuscule	a	ȧ	ä	ą	b	c	d	e	ė	f	g	h	ħ	ⱶ	i	į	j	k	l	m	n	o	ö	p	q	r	ꝛ	ſ	s	ẜ	ꞩ	ß	§	t	u	v	w	x	y	z
IPA Sound	a ɑ	aˑ ɑˑ	æ	ã ɑ̃	b	k	d	ɛ e	əˑ ɛˑ	f	ɡ	h ɦ	x ɣ	◌ː ◌̩	i ɪ	ĩ ɪ̃	j	k	l	m	n	ɔ o	œ ø	p	k͡v	r		z		ʃ ɕ		s		t	u	f	v	k͡s	y yː	t͡s

Letters S and its miniscules

Sſs Ꞩẜꞩ ẞߧ
Sſs Ꞩẜꞩ ẞߧ

The letter S and its derivatives have two miniscule variants, which are used depending on their location in the word. Unlike Walnerian language, which has preserved the miniscule differentiation only within the Fraktur orthography, Jalovan alphabet uses the miniscule differentiation independent of the script used.

The miniscules are often named the "Short" (kurz) and "Long" (lang), and are written by the following rule:

• Long S (ſ; ẜ; ß) is written on the beggining or the middle of a syllable
  • Example: Raiſe; Maẜiⱶne; Roⱶße
• Short S (s; ꞩ; §) is written on the end of a syllable, or in foreign loanwords and interjections
  • Example: Mesnįg; Voⱶꞩsain; Moⱶ§

Letters H and its derivatives

Hh Ħħ Ⱶⱶ
Hh Ħħ Ⱶⱶ

The Jalova dialect has three variants of the letter H, which are used to denote different sounds:

• Regular letter H for the sounds /h/ and /ɦ/
• Letter H with a stroke (Ħ) for the sounds /x/ and /ɣ/
• Letter half H (Ⱶ) is used to denote long vowels, as it is placed after a sound that should be read as long (OⱵ is read as [ɔː], AⱵ as [aː] etc.)

Short vowels

Ȧȧ Ėė
Ȧȧ Ėė

The extra-short/short vowels developed from Early New High Dolch digraph ER and syllables including a syllabic consonant. In Walnerian, the ER digraph is written as Ŕ and is pronounced rather as a syllabic [ʁ̩] than a vowel proper. Jalovan recognized 2 short vowels:

• Ȧ for Dolch ER and Walnerian Ŕ, making the Dolch word "Erinnern" [ʔɛɐ̯ˈʁɪnɐn] (Érinërn in Walnerian) pronounced as "Ȧrinȧn" [ɑˑˈʁɪnɑ̆n] in Jalovan
• Ė is equivalent to Walnerian Ë and is usually pronounced as [əˑ] or [ɛˑ]

Nasal vowels

Ąą Įį
Ąą Įį

The nasal vowels developed from Early New High Dolch digraphs EI and AU. In Walnerian, the EI digraph remained phonetically the same, only changing in orthography and AU digraph developed phonetically into Ó [ɔː]. In Jalovan, however, under the influence of especially Dazhdin linguistic enclave in the area, the two vowel clusters developed into nasal sounds:

• AU into Ą ([ɑʊ̯] → [ɑ̃]). Comparison may be the Dolch word "Aufbau" [ˈaʊ̯fˌbaʊ̯] (construction) and its Jalovan counterpart "Ąfbą" [ˈɑ̃fˌbɑ̃ː]
• EI into Į ([aɪ̯] → [ɪ̃]). Comparison may be the Dolch word "Eisfrei" [ˈaɪ̯sfʁaɪ̯] (devoid of ice) and its Jalovan counterpart "Įsfrį" [ˈɪ̃sfrɪ̃ː]

If the nasal vowel is on the end of the word, it is automatically pronounced as long.

Grammar

See also: Dolch grammar and Walnerian grammar

TBA

Examples

TBA