Southern Manx Dialect

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Southern Manx was a dialect of the Manx language.It was used by speakers from the sheading of Rushen. It is possible that written Manx represents a 'midlands' dialect of Douglas and surrounding areas. In Southern Manx, older á and in some cases ó became [æː]. In Northern Manx the same happened, but á sometimes remained [aː] as well. In Northern Manx, older (e)a before nn in the same syllable is diphthongised, while in Southern Manx it is lengthened but remains a monophthong. For example, kione (lit. 'head', cf. Irish: ceann) is [kʲaun] in the north but [kʲoːn] in the south. rdf:langString
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rdf:langString Southern Manx was a dialect of the Manx language.It was used by speakers from the sheading of Rushen. It is possible that written Manx represents a 'midlands' dialect of Douglas and surrounding areas. In Southern Manx, older á and in some cases ó became [æː]. In Northern Manx the same happened, but á sometimes remained [aː] as well. In Northern Manx, older (e)a before nn in the same syllable is diphthongised, while in Southern Manx it is lengthened but remains a monophthong. For example, kione (lit. 'head', cf. Irish: ceann) is [kʲaun] in the north but [kʲoːn] in the south.
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