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

  • After /u/, the sequence /nd/ is realized as a velar nasal [ŋ].[1]
  • The sequence /ən/ is realized as a sequence [ən], rather than a syllabic [n̩].[1]

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 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]

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
  • In comparison with Standard Dutch, the short front vowels underwent a chain shift, so that the standard /i, y, ɪ, ʏ, ɛ/ became /ɪ, ʏ, ɛ, œ, æ/. The standard /u/ was also lowered to /ʊ/, yet the standard /ɔ/ was left untouched.
  • Among the back vowels, /ʊ, ɔ, ɔː/ are rounded, whereas /ɑ, ɑː/ are unrounded.
  • /ɪ, ʏ, ʊ/ are near-close [ɪ̟, ʏ, ʊ̠]; /ɪ/ is fully front, whereas /ʊ/ is fully back.
  • /ʏ, ʊ, œː/ (but not /œ, ɔ, ɔː/) are rather weakly rounded [ʏ̜, ʊ̜, œ̜ː].
  • Phonetically, /ɛ, ə/ are mid [ɛ̝, ə], whereas /ɛː, ɛ̃ː, œ, œː, ɔ, ɔː/ are open-mid [ɛː, ɛ̃ː, œ, œː, ɔ, ɔː].
  • Before /l/, /æ/ is lowered and retracted to [ɑ]. This feature is typical of working class speech and is nearly extinct.[1][2]
Diphthongs of the Bruges dialect
Ending point
Front Central Back
Close iːə uːə
Close-mid eɪ øʏ eːə oʊ
Open-mid ɔːə ɔu
  • All of the diphthongs are falling.
  • /eɪ, øʏ, oʊ/ used to be pronounced as monophthongs [eː, øː, oː],[1] a realization which is rapidly regaining popularity among younger speakers.
  • Traditionally, /ɔu/ used to have such a close first element that there was practically no distinction between /ɔu/ and /oʊ/.
  • Phonetically, /ɔːə/ can be either [ɔːə] or [ɔːɑ].

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Hinskens & Taeldeman (2013), p. 167.
  2. ^ a b Vandekerckhove (2010), p. 326.
  3. ^ Taeldeman (2005), p. 277.
  4. ^ a b c Sebregts (2014), p. 90.

Bibliography

Allikas: Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruges_dialect
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