Varieties of Fecharese

The varieties of Fecharese are the linguistics systems of the Fecharese language that Fecharese speakers speak natively. Standard Fecharese is the standard variety based on the dialect spoken in and around Fechara City.

Heartland dialect
Heartland Fecharese is the standard variety spoken in and around Fechara City.

Eastern Heartland dialect
The Eastern Heartland dialect is spoken south of the East Lake. It has been influenced by Taw Jad and is characterised by the alveolopalatal stops [ȶ, ȡ] and lack of either orbicular or bilabial stops.

Coastal dialect
The Coastal dialect is spoken in the eastern coast of Fechara, the Doño Archipelago and the Fecharese Nocoan colonies. The dialect has been influenced by Doño. It is characterised by the larger inventory of orbicular consonants and the lenition of several plosives and affricates.

East Lake dialect
The East Lake dialect is spoken around the East Lake in Fechara. It has been influenced by Nberr and is characterised by prenasalised stops.

Northern dialect
The Northern dialect is spoken in Northern Fechara. It has been influenced by the Akandateloko'o and is characterised by the lack of orbicular consonants and the large vowel inventory with nasal vowels.

Southern dialect
The Southern dialect is spoken to the north of the Copalcocon. It is characterised by the realisation of /ɬ̼/ as [θ].

Copalcocon dialect
The Copalcocon dialect is spoken to the east of the Copalcocon. It has been influenced by Winqomtaj and is characterised by prenasalised stops and the four-vowel system.