Bruges dialect

Bruges dialect
Brugs
Pronunciation
  • Standard Dutch: [ˈbrʏxs]
  • Bruges dialect: [ˈbrœhs]
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]

Phonology

Consonants

Realization of /r/

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 have 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 [], a partially devoiced alveolar trill [], 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]

Vowels

Monophthongs of the Bruges dialect
Front Central Back
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
Diphthongs of the Bruges dialect
Ending point
Front Central Back
Close iːə uːə
Close-mid eɪ øʏ eːə
Open-mid ɔːə ɔu

References

Bibliography

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