Northern Valencian (valencià septentrional)[1] is a dialect chain spoken in the north of the Valencian Community and south of Catalonia.[2] It comprises two main varieties: Transitional Valencian (or Transitional Catalan) spoken around the town of Tortosa, and classified as either a dialect of Catalonia (within the North-Western set of dialects),[1] or a Valencian dialect; and Castellon's Valencian[3] or Northern Valencian.[1]
Transitional Valencian
Phonetic features
- Fall of final /ɾ/: canta(r) ('to sing'), millo(r) ('better').
- Progressive deaffrication of intervocalic /d͡ʒ/: metge ('medic') > me[ʒ]e or me[jʒ]e, bajoca ('green bean') > ba[ʒ]oca or ba[jʒ]oca.
- /uj/ diphthong in cuina ('kitchen') and buit ('empty').
Morphology
- Desinence in -o for the first person of the present of indicative: parlo instead of parle ('I speak'), dormo instead of dorm(c) ('I sleep').
- Tendency to velarised analogical formations of the present of subjunctive: vaiga/vaigue (vaja) 'I go', haiga/haigue (haja) 'I have, there is'.
References
- ^ a b c Recasens i Vives 1996, p. 10.
- ^ Veny i Clar 1983.
- ^ Saborit i Vilar 2009.
Bibliography
- Recasens i Vives, Daniel (1996) [1991], Fonètica descriptiva del català: assaig de caracterització de la pronúncia del vocalisme i el consonantisme català al segle XX, Biblioteca Filològica (in Catalan), vol. 21 (2nd ed.), Barcelona. Spain: Institut d'Estudis Catalans, ISBN 978-84-7283-312-8
- Saborit i Vilar, Josep (2009), Millorem la pronúncia (in Valencian), Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua
- Sanchis i Guarner, Manuel (2005), La llengua dels valencians (in Valencian) (20 ed.), Valencia: Edicions 3 i 4, ISBN 84-7502-082-8