St. Marys Bay French

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St. Marys Bay French (Template:Langx) is a dialect of Acadian French spoken around St. Marys Bay, Nova Scotia, specifically in the region of Clare, Nova Scotia. While sharing features with other dialects of Acadian French, it differs from these and other varieties of French in its morphology and phonology,[1] and to a lesser extent its lexicon.[2]

Situation

The speakers of St. Marys Bay French live mostly in Digby County, Nova Scotia, in the villages of Church Point, Comeauville, Corberie, Grosses Coques, Meteghan, St-Bernard, Rivière du Saumon, and Saulnierville.[3] French has been spoken by a minority in this region for some time; in 1941, the number of Acadian French speakers in Digby County numbered 9,560, out of a total of 19,472 residents.[4] By the mid 1970s, the number of residents of Digby County reporting their mother tongue as French was 7,730, or 38% of the population.[5]

Comparison with other varieties of French

The phonemic inventory of Baie Sainte-Marie French is similar to the varieties of Acadian French spoken in Yarmouth County, to the south.[6] However, it has idiosyncratic vowel phonemes, for example /i e o u y œ/ have various diphthongised realisations, as do several nasal vowel phonemes.[7]

Phonological correspondences
Parisian French Saint Mary's Bay Meaning
Phoneme(s) Example Phoneme(s) Example
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Script error: No such module "IPA". soleil Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA". soleil Script error: No such module "IPA". sun
Script error: No such module "IPA". terre Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA". tarre Script error: No such module "IPA". land
Script error: No such module "IPA". main Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA".[9] main Script error: No such module "IPA". hand
Script error: No such module "IPA". tien Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA". tien Script error: No such module "IPA". yours
Script error: No such module "IPA". chien Script error: No such module "IPA". Script error: No such module "IPA". chien Script error: No such module "IPA". dog
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A number of these correspondences are common outside of St. Marys Bay French and even Acadian French. A similar pronunciation of 'jamais' in part of Îles de la Madeleine occurs about as Script error: No such module "IPA".. In the Cajun French of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, Script error: No such module "Lang". is often realized as Script error: No such module "IPA"..Template:Fact

In popular culture

Grand Dérangement's song "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (from the album Dérangé) is sung in St. Marys Bay French.

Notes

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  1. ↑ Ryan 1981
  2. ↑ Massignon 1962
  3. ↑ Massignon 1962, 27
  4. ↑ Massignon 1962, 27
  5. ↑ Ryan 1981, 12
  6. ↑ Garner (1952), p. 172
  7. ↑ Garner (1952), p. 172-173
  8. ↑ Ryan 1981, 125-127
  9. ↑ Ryan 1981, 92-94
  10. ↑ this vowel is transcribed by Ryan 1981 (e.g. 98) as [æ̃͡ʷ] and by Garner 1952 (e.g. 173) as [ãũ]

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References

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