German dialects: phonology and morphology, with selected texts

3rd pers ähr Alem allophones Alsace Alsatian Angenes assimilation back vowels closed syllables clusters consonantal consonants corresponding dative Datterich DECLENSION diphthongs DPhA ending final position forms fortis front vowels German dialects häd hett Horscht initial position isch ischt isogloss labial Lehn lengthening lenis Letter Phoneme Letter long vowels Low German Low Saxon Luxemburg masc medial and final mid-front vowel Mitzka monophthong monosyllabic Mundart Mundarten mutated Nääs nasal nasal consonant neuter nouns nüd occurs open syllables orthography Phoneme Phoneme Letter Phoneme plural prefix pres pret pron PRONOUNS reflexes root-vowel Schwyzertütsch seggt short vowels shortening sonants spelling stressed strong verbs suffix tense umlaut velar voiced voiceless vowel deriving vowel quantity Wås wedder Westphalian WGmc words Zürich