Bujanski dialects

The Bujanski language has developed a number of dialects, in spite of the relatively small size of the main island.

Two "dialects", Drevobojanse and Ljetoslaujonski, are so different from the Bujanski language, that they are also officially considered in Bujan as related languages rather than dialects.

## Drevobojanse

Drevobojanse is the direct descendant of the speech of Koschei the Red and his successors. It is used by the mixed-ancestry Wonao tribes of the same name.

## Ljetoslaujonski (Joltaraata Slavic)

"Ljetoslaujonski", shortened to "Ljetoslouski", is the native language of the Joltaraata Slavs, officially the Ljetoslouna. It is also the regional language of Ngorondel, part of Makkadal in the west.

It is similar to Zvestarid, except with more Wonao words. The vocabulary in this language is similar to Drevobojanse, or very archaic forms of Pogimmellian dating back to late Sarmelonid times.

* final -v always becomes into -u
* -uv is always written as -uu
* v is [v-] at the start of words or before [j], but becomes [-w-] medially.

### Two Ljetoi standards

As the Ljetoslouna Slavs live on two countries, Makkadal and Joltaraata, both of them became into two communities divided by nationality and the ocean. They drifted away in pronunciation and vocabulary, so both of them became the West Ljetoi and the East Ljetoi.

West Ljetoi is the one used in Ngorodel and the rest of Makkadal; and East Ljetoi is the official language of Joltaraata alongside its native Wonao language, the two native languages of all Joltaraata Slavs.

## Standard Bujanski

Standard Bujanski is the standard dialect of the Bujanski language. It was based on upper-class speakers' pronunciation and standards in Koscheigrad. Over time, many upper-class mannerisms are relegated to Koscheigrad, replaced by simplified grammar and words. The results were influenced by later referendums, based on the other provinces standardising the language instead of the capital city's royal academies.

## International Bujanski

See also: Zvestarid language

International Bujanski might look a bit outdated to a modern Bujanski, because some words may be different. However, generally, the phonology used in its standard form has been corrected to fit Standard Bujanski after independence.

In many countries, it is also known as "International Zvestarid" or "Zvestarid", the old name for Bujan before independence.

* r - [ɾ] usually medial, but less commonly in all positions
* Uses the Common script instead of the official Bujanski alphabet
* Different words for "thou", instead of "go/ga"

### Variants of "go" (thou, you)

The most notable difference against modern Bujanski is what words are used instead of "go", the word for "you".

* sio/sia, tio/tia - Siangwaanian
* tjo/tja - Josolchir, Azgovian
* tjo/tja - Arantarese
* tö/tē - Heronoi
* tö/ta - Pinogunian
* jor/jar - Marnosyn

## Casual Bujanski

In the 1950s/2750s, young people pronounced the Bujanski language in a more relaxed or fluid way.

* v between consonant and vowel [CɸV~CfV] (e.g. Svetovid, Svarog)
* v between consonant and i or j [Cwi] (e.g. dosvidanje "goodbye")
* av, ov before a consonant or at the end of a word [au̯] (e.g. pravda > prauda, "report"; usually among Vozonid speakers)
* ev before a consonant or at the end of a word [eu̯]
* au is sometimes pronounced as [äɰ] or [ɒɰ]
* r - [-ɾ-] usually medial, but less commonly in all positions
* kh - often pronounced as [h] due to Wonao or Vozonid influence, or when using words from those languages.

## Koscheigradian Bujanski/Regal Bujanski

See also: Formal Bujanski glossary

The dialect used in Koscheigrad remained unchanged while the rest of Bujan formed a new standard for the language. It became more like slang for all those emulating nobility, and also mockingly used both by everyone else and by the same "nobility".

The pronunciation used by Koscheigradians might sound closer to Sarmelonid.

* A different set of ordinal forms for the numbers 1 to 10, ending with -oj.
* r tends to sound more rolling and longer [r(ː)]
* final r except after -a or ô [ɔ] might sound like [-rɯ]
* a, when stressed and lengthened, may sound like [ä~ɒ]
* o might sound like [u] before -n, especially at the ends of words
* v before j or another consonant sounds more like [w]
* y is pronounced as [y], not [ɯ]
* au is usually pronounced as [äɰ] or [ɒɰ]
* sometimes a Vozonid vocabulary is used
* no j-vowel can be next to another j-vowel. So "njaja" becomes "naja".
* av - au
* ev - æu
* ov - ôu; also ôi, oi, or rarely ojau

E.g. "Slava Bujanav" (Bujan's Glory) - "Slava Bujanau".

## Eastern Bujanski

Eastern Bujanski is influenced by Arnadjanai dialects.

* e pronounced as [æ~ʌ], je is intact
* ž may be pronounced as [ɟ]
* short a may be pronounced as [ɒ~ɔ]

## Northern Bujanski

The northern dialects are somewhat different from standard speech.

The main dialect of the north is sometimes seen as a related language, and there is a movement that called for the Bujanski government to recognise Northern Bujanski as a language instead of a dialect.

* æ is pronounced as [a~ʌ]

## Northwestern Bujanski

Northwestern Bujanski is largely influenced by archaic forms of Eosome.

#### Northwestern Bujanski glossary

* stæu, stæuro, stēmo, sæumo, sæmmo - a cat
	+ From an indigenous breed of feline in northwestern Bujan popular in Wonao culture.
* sæoka, sæo - (affectionate) a cat, a baby, a child
* sæo - meow

## Central Bujanski

Central Bujanski is the dialect used in central Bujan. This was the dialect notoriously infamous for its use by the Bujanski death gangs, although it is also being in the process of rehabilitation.

In fact, one way of doing so is by its usage by loyalist Terrans, who sought to "redeem" the dialect by promoting its usage against the death gangs.

* Nasalisation before m, n
* Correct use of ñ in Daizhouvian words
* Some Sanskrit and Sarmelonid loanwords
* Some English and Russian loanwords

## Western Bujanski

Western Bujanski is the dialect used in the west coast of Bujan. More specifically, at the northwestern part as the heartland of the Eosome tribe.

* Mutating medial g and k into ng/ñ
* Correct use of ng/ñ in Wonao and Daizhouvian words
* More Sarmelonid words
* Final -i in a number of words evolves into -ǐ or -e
* Dialects north of Eosome lands pronounce the plural for diphthongs (like ai > arai) as "s" instead of "r" - so "ubejoi" (spinel) is pronounced as "ubejosoi" (some spinels) instead of "ubejoroi" in plural.

"Buron Bujanski" is a subdialect of Western Bujanski, just further west. It is differentiated by diphthongising "o" into "ue".

## Buron Bujanski

Buron Bujanski diphthongises o into -ue- in the middle of a word. Although this is also known as "Western Bujanski", it is considered in government standards as one of the main dialects of Western Bujanski, not the whole dialect.

## Knightly Bujanski

"Knightly Bujanski" was an early form of the modern Bujanski language, developed in Rukania by the local Zvestarids. Due to their long history as subjects of the Rukanian crown, eventually many words in their register were replaced with Rukanian terms.

It was also a ceremonial language used in the royal court of Zvesta and its surviving remnants east of Makkadal. Aside from a number of independently-developed terms specific to Arienai, the Makkadalish Zvestarids were able to understand many of the terms used by the Rukanian knights.

This variant was used by the Bujanski knighthoods when they arrived to Bujan to aid the revolutions.

In this register, "g" is usually pronounced as "h".

* dobraštije - greatest good
* dosytj - that is enough; stop!
* dyknistǐ - war crimes
* eimja - title, honourific
* ity - you shall go
* leryččy - "little storks", Bujanski knights who returned to their homeland
	+ singular: leryčok
	+ correct Rukanian plural: leryčky. The cluster "čk" is not allowed in Bujanski phonology, so it was assimilated to "čč".
* leryka - a stork
* odjag - robes
* oserttsja - core
* peremoga - victory
* prosvita - reformation, penance
* razom - together
* sertsjok - foot soldier
* sič - castle
* sjogodnij - (courtly) today, this day
* sjōdni (sjoodni, sjohodni), sjoda! - now!
* smilenij - courageous, cautious
* tača - a car
* tromarets - student, squire
* vetlen - knight
* vetlenčistǐ - chivalry, discipline, honour
* vočotnyk - a teacher
* vser, oser - all
* vsirasom, sirasom (vsîr razom, "all together") - regroup!
* zaknočistǐ - chivalry
* zaknočistnij - chivalrous, honourable
* Zvilǐnenja - Liberation, the Bujanski War of Independence

### Makkadalish Formal Rukanian

Those are the terms specific to the islands of Olan Province east and south of Arienai, the direct continuation of the Rukanian used by the Zvestarid royal court.

The knights from Rukania found that the speech used by their Makkadalish counterparts sounded more archaic and old-fashioned.

* dvorets - court, royal court
* siša - castle
* vitlen, vitlon - a knight
* vorostj - king
* vorotsnij - royal
* votsja - robes

## See also

* Bujanski glossary
* Bujanski people
* Classical Bujanski language
* Bujanski slang