Trégorrois Breton is the

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of Breton spoken in

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( in Breton). Breton dialectes

Distinguishing characteristics

Trégorrois differs from other varieties of the language in a number of ways: * It always uses the possessive (often pronounced ) whereas the other dialects use before ''l'', before ''n,d,t,h'' and vowels, and before all others (these other forms are nonetheless understood because of exposure to

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s and songs, for instance) * After the possessive , Trégorrois makes a sibilant variation (e.g., where Vannetais uses /hon tu/, or Cornouaillais and Léonard , Trégorrois says ) * The ''h'' is very aspirated (e.g., in ) * Different from Léonard, ''z'' is generally not pronounced (nor is it in Cornouaillais and Vannetais) * The tonic accent is very strong (for example, is pronounced /b:in/) * Certain constructions are preferred. For instance, or instead of * Frequently the 'd' will not

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into a ''z'' where it would in the other dialects (for example, ) * The glyph ''w'' is generally pronounced ''ou'' (e.g., is pronounced /uar/), unlike Léonard dialect where it is pronounced /v/ There are several other

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details. For example, is pronounced /ãn heul/ (compare to the /ar mur/ of Kemper). This is possible in Trégorrois because the very strong aspiration of /h/ avoids any confusion with the word 'oil' (). Finally, future endings are different. The future of Middle Breton was , , . Trégorrois moved from ''h'' to ''f'' (forms in , , '','' etc.). (Compare with the forms , '','' of Vannetais, due to the appearance of an ''-a-'' elision (pronounced /e/).

Source

This article is based on the French-language Wikipedia's article: Breton trégorrois.

External links

Ethnologue: Breton
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Refers to the dialects as Kerneveg (Cornouaille), Leoneg (Leon), Tregerieg (Tregor), and Gwenedeg (Vannetais)
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