Dialect Ayent

Canton Valais
Dialect group Franco-Provençal
Date of recording 1905-08-06
Investigators Jeanjaquet, Gauchat
Speaker 47 year old male
Speaker language use né au hameau de Fortuno de parents d’Ayent; n’a jamais quitté la localité et parle toujours patois
Speaker proficiency Le son ꭒͧ fait plutôt l’impression d'un u que d’un ꭒ; hesitations entre oͮ et ꭒ; ó̃ et ꭒ̃; ė̃ a une tendance marquee vers è̃; les finales atones –e et –o sont parfois nettement fermées. Degrés intermédiaires variables entre tc̵ et tc̨̑, dj et dy, sy et c̨̑; dz est généralement réduit à z, mais il peut y avoir des restes de d; h est très voisin de c̑; l̮ est en train de passer à l, en conservant souvent des restes de palatalisation.
TPPSR form IPA form Segments Prosodic structure Concept French gloss
Pulmonic Consonants
Place → Labial Coronal Dorsal Laryngeal
↓ Manner Bilabial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Palato-
alveolar
Retroflex Alveolo-
palatal
Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal
/ Epiglottal
Glottal
Nasal m  n  ɲ ŋ
Stop p b t  d  k g
Sibilant affricate ts dz
Non-sibilant affricate cç
Sibilant fricative s  z ʃ ʒ ɕ
Non-sibilant fricative f  v h
Approximant   l j ʎ ʟ
Flap or tap ɾ
Trill  r
Lateral affricate
Lateral fricative
Lateral approximant
Lateral flap
Implosive
Front Near-front Central Near-back Back Close Near-close Close-mid Mid Open-mid Near-open Open yrounded close front vowel long unrounded close front vowel iunrounded close front vowel long rounded close front vowel ʉːlong rounded close central vowel ʉrounded close central vowel nasalized rounded close back vowel urounded close back vowel long rounded close back vowel ɪunrounded near-close near-front vowel ɪːlong unrounded near-close near-front vowel ʏrounded near-close near-front vowel ʊːlong rounded near-close near-back vowel ʊrounded near-close near-back vowel ʊ̃nasalized rounded near-close near-back vowel ørounded close-mid front vowel long unrounded close-mid front vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel long rounded close-mid back vowel nasalized rounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ə̃nasalized unrounded mid central vowel ə̃ːlong nasalized unrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɛːlong unrounded open-mid front vowel ɛ̃nasalized unrounded open-mid front vowel ɔːlong rounded open-mid back vowel ɔ̃ːlong nasalized rounded open-mid back vowel ɔ̃nasalized rounded open-mid back vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel æːlong unrounded near-open front vowel æ̃nasalized unrounded near-open front vowel æunrounded near-open front vowel aunrounded open front vowel nasalized unrounded open front vowel long unrounded open front vowel ɑunrounded open back vowel ɑːlong unrounded open back vowel ɒrounded open back vowel
Vowels
Other phonemes
œy from rounded open-mid front to rounded close front diphthong
ỹːo from long nasalized rounded close front to rounded close-mid back diphthong
øːu from long rounded close-mid front to rounded close back diphthong
oːɛ from long rounded close-mid back to unrounded open-mid front diphthong
from unrounded open front to unrounded near-close near-front diphthong
øy from rounded close-mid front to rounded close front diphthong
ɔu from rounded open-mid back to rounded close back diphthong
ou from rounded close-mid back to rounded close back diphthong
ɛ̃i from nasalized unrounded open-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
ẽi from nasalized unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
ɛi from unrounded open-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
from rounded close front to unrounded open-mid front diphthong
ao from unrounded open front to rounded close-mid back diphthong
ɔaː from rounded open-mid back to long unrounded open front diphthong
aːe from long unrounded open front to unrounded close-mid front diphthong
ouː from rounded close-mid back to long rounded close back diphthong
ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
aːɛ from long unrounded open front to unrounded open-mid front diphthong
ỹːɔ̃ from long nasalized rounded close front to nasalized rounded open-mid back diphthong
ʉːa from long rounded close central to unrounded open front diphthong
oːu from long rounded close-mid back to rounded close back diphthong
ỹːɛ from long nasalized rounded close front to unrounded open-mid front diphthong
ẽɪ̃ from nasalized unrounded close-mid front to nasalized unrounded near-close near-front diphthong
ɛ̃ɪ̃ from nasalized unrounded open-mid front to nasalized unrounded near-close near-front diphthong
from unrounded open front to unrounded open-mid front diphthong
iːa from long unrounded close front to unrounded open front diphthong
oe from rounded close-mid back to unrounded close-mid front diphthong
ɔo from rounded open-mid back to rounded close-mid back diphthong
ɛã from unrounded open-mid front to nasalized unrounded open front diphthong
ỹːa from long nasalized rounded close front to unrounded open front diphthong
ɥ voiced labio-palatal approximant consonant
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