Subdialect Salad

Traits that combine the salad subdialect with the main massif of the Central Catalan dialect and other subdialects of the same dialect (that is, those traits that distinguish this subdialect from the literary pronunciation):

• neutral pronunciation [ə] as [a],
• the initial f- is not pronounced ( ferma is pronounced ['eɾma]),
• the pronunciation of some words differs from the normative ( numés / dumés variants are “only”),
• the plural of some words is formed not according to the rules (literary boscs - “forests”, in the dialect boscos , read ['boskus])

Original features of subdialect salad

• the most important feature is the use of es instead of el , including in such forms as as (instead of al ),
• although [β] is most often pronounced as [b], especially at the beginning of a word, in a sub-dialect salad is sometimes pronounced [v], especially in the forms of the words anar “go” and “want”
• the -ble group is pronounced [pła] (unlike other areas of the Central Catalan dialect, where this group is pronounced [b: ła])
• the final -lls [λɕ] goes into -ls [łs],
• the constant use of the colloquial form for constructing sentences (instead of va dir el pare - literally “said to his father” “ba dil'li'n al seu para” - literally “said this to him, his father”),
• merging vowels in combination with the word “ja” - “jès” instead of “ja és”,
• the pronunciation of some words differs not only from the normative, but also from the pronunciation of the main array of the Central Catalan dialect ( on - “where” - reads as “anunta / unta”, in contrast to the dialect pronunciation in other areas of the Central Catalan dialect ón / ónta / auón ),
• in weak pronouns, the final [ə] is preserved,
• “Your” / “your” is replaced by the possessive pronoun “your” (“la seua'réncia” instead of “la vostra herència”),
• Using the form “lu que” instead of “el que” in the meaning of “what ...” (“lu ca ma toqui” instead of “el que em toqui” - “what belongs to me”),
• Quant is pronounced con
• in the expression “a lot of things” there appears an additional non-normative de (“mols de rius” instead of “molts rius”)

On the Costa Brava and on the Balearic Islands, along with the standard form of the definite article, another form is used called “salat” (this name consists of the standard form of the definite article of the feminine singular la and its local form sa )

The normative forms of a particular article are:

Although the article “salad” is not used now in most regions of the Catalan lands , there are numerous toponyms where this article is: San Joan Despi ( cat. Sant Joan Despí from des Pi ), Solivella ( cat. Solivella from s'Olivella ), San Llorenz Saval ( Cat. Sant Llorenç Savall from sa Vall ), Serra da Sanferm ( Cat Serra-de-Senferm from s'Enferm ), San Esteve Sesrovires ( Cat. Sant Esteve Sesrovires from ses Rovires ) etc. In Valencia there are also toponyms such as Silla ( Cat. Silla by s'Illa )

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