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Page 21
... Dialects . The Frisian dialects of The Netherlands province of Friesland are , with three exceptions , rela- tively uniform , though it is customary to make a dis- tinction between Wouden Frisian in the east , Klei Fri- sian in the west ...
... Dialects . The Frisian dialects of The Netherlands province of Friesland are , with three exceptions , rela- tively uniform , though it is customary to make a dis- tinction between Wouden Frisian in the east , Klei Fri- sian in the west ...
Page 27
... dialects , however , while they were lost in some East Norwegian dialects . The pronoun ek " I " became jak in East Scandinavian ( modern Danish jeg , Swedish jag ) but remained ek in West Scandinavian ( New Norwegian and Faeroese eg ...
... dialects , however , while they were lost in some East Norwegian dialects . The pronoun ek " I " became jak in East Scandinavian ( modern Danish jeg , Swedish jag ) but remained ek in West Scandinavian ( New Norwegian and Faeroese eg ...
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... dialects , and Attic words acquired new mean- ings ; thus opsaria " fish " and brechei " it rains " for Clas- sical Greek ichthyes and hyei both occur in the New Testament ( cf. Modern Greek psárya , vrékhi ) . This gradual divergence ...
... dialects , and Attic words acquired new mean- ings ; thus opsaria " fish " and brechei " it rains " for Clas- sical Greek ichthyes and hyei both occur in the New Testament ( cf. Modern Greek psárya , vrékhi ) . This gradual divergence ...
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